The crushing defeat of Kamala Harris has left liberal women exhausted and laid bare racial divides in the women's rights movements that will take some time to heal, activists and organizers told Reuters.

Many speakers in Boston implored the crowd to fight for reproductive rights, protect democracy, and advocate for fact-checking on social media platforms.

As the march began, from the heart of the Mission District to Dolores Park, organizer Roberto Hernandez said he didn't think President-elect Donald Trump has really put much thought into the plan to deport all undocumented immigrants.

Some in the crowd wore the pink hats that marked the much-larger protest against Trump's first inauguration in 2017. They wound through downtown amid a light rain, past the White House and toward the Lincoln Memorial along the National Mall for the "People's March.