Hague, Erica Lynn

Scope and Contents Interviewed by Karen Stephens. In this interview, Erica Hague talks about her political views and how they differ from the views of her family. She describes her experiences serving as a bus captain on a bus that traveled from Atlanta to the Women's March on Washington, and talks about her experience at the march. In addition to the march itself, Hague describes the way that participating in the march affected her personally and the ways that she has stayed active politically since the march...

Abstract On January 21, 2017, millions of people worldwide took part in marches to protest the inauguration of Donald Trump as the President of the United States. The first protest, which took place in Washington, D.C., was known as the Women's March on Washington and was intended as a response to anti-woman rhetoric and beliefs that were espoused during Trump's campaign. While women's and reproductive rights were at the forefront of marchers' concerns, many also protested the racist, anti-immigrant,...