--- title: Nevertheless She Persisted Tattoos Minnesota description: See pictures of the women who got 'Nevertheless, she persisted' tattooed on their bodies in honor of Elizabeth Warren. canonical: https://time.com/4678921/nevertheless-she-persisted-tattoos-minnesota/ author: Samantha Cooney article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2017-02-22T21:34:31.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T09:04:54.484Z og:title: Over 100 Women Get ‘Nevertheless, She Persisted’ Tattooed on Their Bodies og:description: Parts of the proceeds will go to charity og:url: https://time.com/4678921/nevertheless-she-persisted-tattoos-minnesota/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltb558ee477394ab70/6988bb694dd2156247efdded/elizabeth-warren-tattoos.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Over 100 Women Get ‘Nevertheless, She Persisted’ Tattooed on Their Bodies twitter:description: Parts of the proceeds will go to charity twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltb558ee477394ab70/6988bb694dd2156247efdded/elizabeth-warren-tattoos.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Over 100 Women Get ‘Nevertheless, She Persisted’ Tattooed on Their Bodies  by [Samantha Cooney](https://time.com/author/samantha-cooney/)  ## Samantha Cooney Feb 22, 2017 9:34 PM UTC  UNITED STATES - FEBRUARY 14: Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., arrives for a Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee hearing in Dirksen Building titled "The Semiannual Monetary Policy Report to the Congress," featuring testimony by Fed Chairwoman Janet Yellen, February 14, 2017\. (Photo By Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call) UNITED STATES - FEBRUARY 14: Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., arrives for a Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee hearing in Dirksen Building titled "The Semiannual Monetary Policy Report to the Congress," featuring testimony by Fed Chairwoman Janet Yellen, February 14, 2017\. (Photo By Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)Tom Williams—CQ-Roll Call,Inc.  by [Samantha Cooney](https://time.com/author/samantha-cooney/)  ## Samantha Cooney Feb 22, 2017 9:34 PM UTC More than 100 women lined up recently to get tattoos honoring Senator [Elizabeth Warren](http://motto.time.com/4663885/elizabeth-warren-silenced-senate-sessions/?iid=sr-link2). [The _Star-Tribune_ reported](http://www.startribune.com/) that a group of women organized an event to pack a Minneapolis tattoo shop with customers looking to get some variation of “Nevertheless, she persisted” inked on their bodies. The quote, of course, comes from Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, who [silenced](http://time.com/4663578/elizabeth-warren-jeff-sessions-coretta-scott-king-senate/?iid=sr-link2) Warren for attempting to read a letter written by Coretta Scott King in opposition to Attorney General Jeff Sessions during his confirmation hearings. “She was warned. She was given an explanation. Nevertheless, she persisted,” McConnell [said](https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2017/02/08/nevertheless-she-persisted-becomes-new-battle-cry-after-mcconnell-silences-elizabeth-warren/?utm%5Fterm=.1fdf2a820c59) about Warren. McConnell’s quote has since become [a rallying cry for some women](http://motto.time.com/4663885/elizabeth-warren-silenced-senate-sessions/?iid=sr-link5), including Nora McInerny who started the event. McInerney created a Facebook event initially intended for a few friends to get the tattoos. But, according to the _Star-Tribune_, she accidentally made the event public — and 2,000 women subsequently expressed interest in attending. So on Tuesday, over 100 people descended on Minneapolis’ [Brass Knuckle Tattoo Studio](http://www.brassknuckletattoos.com/) to get their ink. Some women waited up to six hours to get their new body art. The majority of the proceeds from the tattoos will go to [Women Winning](http://www.womenwinning.org/about), a nonprofit focused on electing pro-abortion rights candidates to office. “Did I ever think I would get a Mitch McConnell quote tattooed on my body? No, I did not,” McInerny told the _Star-Tribune_. “But those are three words that any woman would be able to see themselves in, regardless of politics.” \[[The _Star-Tribune_](http://www.startribune.com/more-than-100-women-pack-mpls-tattoo-shop-to-get-inked-with-nevertheless-she-persisted/414494043/#2)\] ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4678921/nevertheless-she-persisted-tattoos-minnesota/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4678921/nevertheless-she-persisted-tattoos-minnesota/"},"headline":"Over 100 Women Get ‘Nevertheless, She Persisted’ Tattooed on Their Bodies","datePublished":"2017-02-22T21:34:31.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T09:04:54.484Z","description":"Parts of the proceeds will go to charity","url":"https://time.com/4678921/nevertheless-she-persisted-tattoos-minnesota/","keywords":["motto"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltb558ee477394ab70/6988bb694dd2156247efdded/elizabeth-warren-tattoos.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Samantha Cooney","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/samantha-cooney/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltb558ee477394ab70/6988bb694dd2156247efdded/elizabeth-warren-tattoos.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee","caption":"Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee","creditText":"Tom Williams—CQ-Roll Call,Inc.","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/motto/","name":"motto"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4678921/nevertheless-she-persisted-tattoos-minnesota/","name":"Over 100 Women Get ‘Nevertheless, She Persisted’ Tattooed on Their Bodies"}}]}] ```