 When many women continued to refuse to leave the road, they were charged with disorderly conduct and taken into custody; some marchers did clear the road and were not charged.One local woman, the wife of a bank president, felt that those blocking the road, not the marchers, should be arrested and she joined the marchers and was charged as well.A total of 54 women were detained; nearly all refused to identify themselves, and so they were held in lieu of bail which they refused to post.