To: StockDung who wrote (21921 ) 2/28/2017 1:33:23 PM From: StockDung Respond to of 74673 Crooked Hillary being celebrated tonight by Democratic Women wearing white in her memory. First women to lose running for President while wearing white pantsuit. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Why Are Democratic Women Being Asked to Wear White to Trump’s Address by Erik Ortiz The move is a nod to the women's suffrage movement , which encouraged followers to dress in white as a symbol of purity. During last year's election, Democrat Hillary Clinton, the first woman to be nominated for president on a major party's ticket, was known for wearing white pantsuits during key campaign appearances. <img class="img-responsive img_inline" src="http://media2.s-nbcnews.com/j/newscms/2017_09/1787956/161108-nancy-pelosi-white-pantsuit-532p_2b2c8da1b617aba0d87594619c75a5d6.nbcnews-fp-360-360.jpg" alt="Image: Nancy Pelosi wears an all-white pantsuit" title="Image: Nancy Pelosi wears an all-white pantsuit" /> Democratic House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi arrives at the DCCC headquarters in Washington, D.C., on Nov. 8, 2016. Jim Lo Scalzo / EPA, file On Election Day, some women went to the polls dressed in white attire — spawning the social media hashtag #WearWhiteToVote. The call to wear white for Trump's speech was devised by the House's Democratic Women's Working Group and will be a symbol of "the ongoing fight to attain equal rights for all women," members said. "We wear white to unite against any attempts by the Trump Administration to roll back the incredible progress women have made in the last century, and we will continue to support the advancement of all women," Rep. Lois Frankel, D-Fla., and chair of the party's Women's Working Group, said in a statement. The future of women's health care, equal pay and other related issues have come under question with the new Trump administration. Just days after taking office, Trump reinstated a policy that barred foreign aid or federal funding for international programs that provide abortions or even information on getting them. And during the campaign, audio surfaced of Trump saying that, because he was a celebrity, he could "grab" women by their private parts without their consent. Tens of thousands of women marched on Washington, D.C., the day after Trump's inauguration in opposition to his agenda