“It was amazing. I was not expecting a turnout like that in Wichita,” said Donnert, 27. “It was a day of hope. And I hadn’t really felt that in a while.”

The record-breaking participation in women’s marches across the country Saturday has drawn attention to the sharp opposition facing President Trump across liberal American cities, which pushed Democrat Hillary Clinton to a strong popular-vote victory against him even though he won in the decisive electoral college.

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But the demonstrations weren’t just confined to liberal enclaves.

Protesters also gathered in red states and small towns across the country — in villages on the Aleutian Islands in Alaska, in conservative pockets across the heartland, in rural towns in states like Virginia, and down throughout the South.

In Anchorage, thousands of protesters gathered despite an unforgiving snowstorm and 10-degree temperatures, holding signs with slogans such as “My body. My rights. My choice.” Farther north, in Fairbanks, thousands were undeterred by the extreme temperature, which approached minus-20 degrees.

At the same time, thousands marched outside the Idaho Statehouse in Boise as snow fell over them.

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Even in rural Onley, Va., dozens of men and women gathered along a highway in solidarity with the larger Women’s March on Washington.

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Women's March in small town Lander, Wyoming USA! Great turn out!

Asked how she would sum up the day, Donnert said it was “hopeful.”