The March for the Animals on 10 June 1990 was a significant early protest by the
Animal Rights Movement in
Washington D.C.
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An estimated 25,000 animal rights activists gathered for the march. The event however did not immediately attract significant media attention, and was relatively small among
List of rallies and protest marches in Washington, D.C.
The following is a list of rallies and protest marches in Washington, D.C., which shows the variety of expression of notable political views. Events at the National Mall are located somewhere between the United States Capitol and the Lincoln M ...
compared, for example, to the
Rally for Life in January 1990 which had gathered 700,000 people. Among the celebrity supporters of the march was singer
Grace Slick
Grace Slick (born Grace Barnett Wing; October 30, 1939) is an American singer-songwriter, artist, and painter. Slick was a key figure in San Francisco's early psychedelic music scene in the mid-1960s. With a music career spanning four decades, ...
who performed the
Jefferson Airplane song "Panda" from the band's final album of the previous year. The majority of marchers were women, but female activists were not the majority of speakers on the roster.
[Helena Silverstein ''Unleashing Rights: Law, Meaning, and the Animal Rights Movement'' 1996 p35 "This gender disparity was apparent at the national March for the Animals, in June 1990, where the majority of marchers were women yet “Fewer than ten female activists were on the roster" (Animals' Agenda, September 1990, 39)."]
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1990 protests
Protest marches in Washington, D.C.
Animal welfare and rights in the United States