How a march in Albert Square four years ago sparked a new movement in the fight for women's rights
manchestereveningnews.co.ukhundreds also gathered at Manchester’s Albert Square.Co-organised by Jen Langton-Sneyd, a singer and vocal tutor living in Salford, the event was a roaring success and led to the birth of the Manchester chapter of Women’s Global March, the worldwide organisation that was created to help advance women’s human rights.But, despite the well-oiled event, it was actually Jen’s first experience of a protest.“It was my first protest altogether, let alone organising one,” Jen, 37, tells the Manchester Evening News.“Perhaps rather naively, I expected around 20 people to turn up in pink hats and wave a few banners about.
it kind of exploded, quite a few people turned up and it was enormous.”Jen is insistent that the event in Manchester was never meant.
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