--- title: Women's March: Subject of Iconic Photo Returns to Protest description: Jan Rose Kasmir, photographed by Marc Riboud 50 years ago, was at the DC protest canonical: https://time.com/4642512/women-march-marc-riboud-iconic-photo/ author: Julia Zorthian article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2017-01-22T04:47:36.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-05-11T04:39:36.604Z article:section: World og:title: Women's March: Subject of Iconic Photo Returns to Protest og:description: Jan Rose Kasmir, photographed by Marc Riboud 50 years ago, was at the DC protest og:url: https://time.com/4642512/women-march-marc-riboud-iconic-photo/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt25cecf6527cc33d4/6988b6a0ab6d773f3a6ac909/jan-rose-marc-riboud.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: jan-rose-marc-riboud og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Women's March: Subject of Iconic Photo Returns to Protest twitter:description: Jan Rose Kasmir, photographed by Marc Riboud 50 years ago, was at the DC protest twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt25cecf6527cc33d4/6988b6a0ab6d773f3a6ac909/jan-rose-marc-riboud.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # The Subject of an Iconic Protest Photo Returns for the Women's March > Sponsored content. 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Jan Rose Kasmir confronts the American National Guard outside the Pentagon in Washington during the 1967 anti-Vietnam march.Marc Riboud—Magnum  by [Julia Zorthian](https://time.com/author/julia-zorthian/)  ## Julia Zorthian Jan 22, 2017 4:47 AM UTC When 17-year-old Jan Rose Kasmir raised a chrysanthemum to the tip of a soldier’s bayonet during a march on the Pentagon protesting the Vietnam War, Marc Riboud captured the moment in what became one of the most iconic photographs of that era. Today, Kasmir marched once more in Washington, D.C. for the first time since the picture was taken in 1967. Kasmir tells TIME it was the right [moment](http://time.com/4642488/womens-march-washington-dc-donald-trump-action/) to march again because she’s been shocked and frightened of how the country has tolerated and elected a leader “who has no dignity, who has no integrity,” she says. “I see things happening that absolutely amaze and disgust me. I think right now we’re in some kind of, I don’t know, psychotic episode of American history. It’s just so outrageous.”  Jan Rose Kasmir confronts the American National Guard outside the Pentagon in Washington during the 1967 anti-Vietnam march. Marc Riboud—Magnum Now 50 years after she marched on the Pentagon, the self-described hippie and peace pilgrim joined protesters in the capital for the Women’s March on Washington. She’s come a long way since she marched as a teenager. The famous flower power photo of Kasmir shows what she later described as “overwhelming sadness” over realizing the members of the National Guard, blocking the protestors from reaching the [Pentagon](https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2014/nov/07/jan-rose-kasmir-anti-vietnam-rally-pentagon), were just young boys being told what to do. The photo landed in [newspapers across the world](http://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/flower-child-102514360/) and has been a mainstay in history textbooks and photographic retrospectives ever since. But Kasmir says she didn’t know the picture even existed until at least 20 years later, she says, when her father picked up a book of Magnum photographs at an airport. She wrote a letter to Riboud to identify herself, and interest in her started trickling in. Learning about the photo’s popularity showed her that her actions could make a difference. So after she finishes a book she’s working on, Kasmir says she plans on traveling to schools and college campuses to tell young people it’s never too early to make a difference. “I think that everybody right now is in a state of shock,” she says. “We have to do something with this energy. What’s important is we can’t just let it fizzle out.” [**_Peter van Agtmael_**](http://www.petervanagtmael.net/) _is a photographer and member of Magnum Photos._ **_Julia Zorthian_** _is a reporter at TIME. Follow her on_ [_Twitter_](https://twitter.com/jzorth)_._ _Follow_ **_TIME LightBox_** _on_ [_Facebook_](https://www.facebook.com/timelightbox)_,_ [_Twitter_](https://twitter.com/timepictures) _and_ [_Instagram_](https://instagram.com/timelightbox/)_._  Jan Rose Kasmir, 67, was the subject of a famous photograph by Mark Riboud taken at an anti-Vietnam War rally in 1967\. She has remained active in progressive politics and marched at the Women's March the day after Donald Trump's inauguration. Jan. 21, 2017. Peter van Agtmael—Magnum for TIME  Jan Rose Kasmir, 67, was the subject of a famous photograph by Mark Riboud taken at an anti-Vietnam War rally in 1967\. She has remained active in progressive politics and marched at the Women's March the day after Donald Trump's inauguration. Jan. 21, 2017. Peter van Agtmael—Magnum for TIME  Jan Rose Kasmir, 67, was the subject of a famous photograph by Mark Riboud taken at an anti-Vietnam War rally in 1967\. She has remained active in progressive politics and marched at the Women's March the day after Donald Trump's inauguration. Jan. 21, 2017. 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