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U.S. NEWSThursday 9 March 2017
Women go on strike in US to show their economic clout
Iris Pelfrey, 4, sits on a curb while holding a sign during an International Women’s Day rally, A few hundred people wouldn’t run without us,”
Wednesday, March 8, 2017, in Cincinnati. Around the country, people called on women to stay gathered on the lawn out- said Whitney Sullivan, a
home from work and not spend money in stories or online to show their economic clout on Amer- side Los Angeles City Hall 27-year-old barista who
ica’s fabric. to rally for women’s rights. planned to attend a rally.
Julie D’Angelo took the In New York, a statue of
(AP Photo/John Minchillo) day off from her job in mu- a fearless-looking girl was
sic licensing, saying she placed in front of Wall
Continued from front School in such places as the Capitol to address a wanted to stand for those Street’s famous charging
cheering crowd of several women who can’t afford bull sculpture. The girl ap-
A crowd of about 1,000 Prince George’s County, hundred people. time away from work or are peared to be staring down
people, the vast majority of Dressed in red, the law- too intimidated to ask for the animal. A plaque at her
them women, gathered on Maryland; Alexandria, makers criticized efforts to the day off. feet read: “Know the pow-
New York’s Fifth Avenue in repeal the Affordable Care Hundreds of women er of women in leadership.
the shadow of Trump Tow- Virginia; and Chapel Hill, Act and eliminate federal dressed in red and holding SHE makes a difference.”
er. Women wore red and funding for Planned Par- signs with photos of their lo- As part of the Day Without
waved signs reading “Nev- North Carolina, canceled enthood. cal lawmakers gathered at a Woman protest, women
ertheless she persisted,” House Minority Leader the Utah Capitol to remind were also urged to refrain
‘’Misogyny out of the White classes after hundreds of Nancy Pelosi encouraged legislators they are closely from shopping.
House now” and “Resist more women to go into watching how they handle Some criticized the strike,
like a girl.” Thirteen people teachers and other em- politics, saying, “You have women’s issues. warning that many women
were arrested for blocking marched for progress. Now In Denver, several hundred cannot afford to miss work
traffic, police said. ployees let it be known you must run for office.” people marched silently or find child care. Organiz-
around the state Capitol. ers asked those unable to
they would be out. In Provi- Kelly Warren brought her skip work to wear red in
daughters, ages 3 and 12. solidarity.
dence, Rhode Island, the “We wanted to represent Monique LaFonta Leone,
every marginalized woman a 33-year-old health care
municipal court closed for whose voice doesn’t count consultant in Colorado
as much as a man’s,” said Springs, Colorado, had to
lack of staff members. Warren, a sales associate in work but put on a red shirt
the male-dominated con- and donated to charity,
In Washington, more than struction industry. including Planned Parent-
Some businesses and insti- hood. “I have bills to pay,
20 Democratic female rep- tutions said they would ei- but I wanted to make my
ther close or give female voice heard, no matter
resentatives walked out of employees the day off. how quiet,” she said. “I also
The owners of the Grind- wanted to make a state-
core House in Philadelphia ment to say that women
closed their vegan coffee are doing it for themselves.
shop, where eight of the 10 We’re out here in the work-
employees are women. force and making a differ-
“The place definitely ence every day.”q
‘Fearless Girl’ statue stares down Wall Street’s iconic bull
NEW YORK (AP) — A new People stop to photograph the “Fearless Girl” statue, Wednesday, March 8, 2017, in New York. her waist, ponytailed head
statue of a resolute young The statue was installed by investment firm State Street Global Advisors. An inscription at the base held high. “Know the pow-
girl staring down Wall reads, “Know the power of women in leadership. She makes a difference.” er of women in leadership.
Street’s famous Charging SHE makes a difference,”
Bull was erected by a ma- (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan) reads a plaque at her feet.
jor asset managing firm for “As a steward of nearly $2.5
International Women’s Day trillion of assets, we want to
to make a point: There’s a engage with boards and
dearth of women on the management around is-
boards of the largest U.S. sues that we think will drive
corporations. core results,” said Lori Hei-
State Street Global Advi- nel, State Street’s deputy
sors, the Boston-based in- global chief investment of-
vestment giant, had the ficer. “And what you find
statue created to push repeatedly is having more
companies to increase the diverse boards and more
number of women direc- diverse senior manage-
tors. Artist Kristen Visbal’s ment will actually drive bet-
“Fearless Girl” drew crowds ter results for companies.”
Wednesday that initially Twenty-five percent of the
came to pose for pictures Russell 3000 — a broad in-
with the bull, but the novel- dex of U.S. companies —
ty quickly became a New have no women on their
York hot spot. boards, according to State
The girl is sculpted in bronze, Street, which manages
her hands firmly planted on many of their assets.q
