Women's Day March 8
Spring Greeting!
The Radical History of International Women
How IWD started : Thank Marx
The first National Women’s Day was said to be celebrated in the US on 28 February, 1909, spearheaded by the Socialist Party of America. One particular women’s strike that saw 15,000 garment workers marching through New York City to demand for better working conditions in 1857 is often attributed to the observance’s origins, especially after its 50th anniversary tribute in 1907 brought women’s rights issues to the forefront again.
Thank Lenin and Friends
The Bourgeois Democratic Revolution on March 8th (23 February in the Russian calendar) was the first of the two revolutions in Russia in 1917
In Russia, the first International Women’s Day was established in 1913 - on the eve of the World War I. What started out as a campaign for peace against the backdrop of war (which caused widespread food shortages and the death of over 2 million Russian soldiers) eventually contributed to the movement in 1917, when a 4-day strike for “Bread and Peace” forced the Czar to abdicate and the subsequent provisional Government to grant women the right to vote.
Latecomers, United Nations, officially marked March 8 as International Women’s Day in 1975.
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The Radical History of International Women
How IWD started : Thank Marx
The first National Women’s Day was said to be celebrated in the US on 28 February, 1909, spearheaded by the Socialist Party of America. One particular women’s strike that saw 15,000 garment workers marching through New York City to demand for better working conditions in 1857 is often attributed to the observance’s origins, especially after its 50th anniversary tribute in 1907 brought women’s rights issues to the forefront again.
Thank Lenin and Friends
The Bourgeois Democratic Revolution on March 8th (23 February in the Russian calendar) was the first of the two revolutions in Russia in 1917
In Russia, the first International Women’s Day was established in 1913 - on the eve of the World War I. What started out as a campaign for peace against the backdrop of war (which caused widespread food shortages and the death of over 2 million Russian soldiers) eventually contributed to the movement in 1917, when a 4-day strike for “Bread and Peace” forced the Czar to abdicate and the subsequent provisional Government to grant women the right to vote.
Latecomers, United Nations, officially marked March 8 as International Women’s Day in 1975.
via
dr. π (pi)
.