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INTERNATIONAL WOMEN'S DAY
THEN AND NOW...
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Female garment and textile workers hold amarch and demonstration in New York City.
•Women'8 Day" is organized by socialistwomen in the U.S. with demonstrations onMarch 8th for women's rights.
On March 8thr women workers went out onstrike in Chicago.
Women from 17 countries attended anInternational Conference of Socialist
Women in Copenhagen where Clara Zetkinproposed that the last Sunday in Februarybe declared International Women's Day.
On March 19 Germany, Austria,Scandanavia, and Switzerland all heldInternational Women's Day celebrations.30,000 marched in Viennal
Women in the USSR held the first of theirmilitant Women's Days on March 8th withmeetings and speakers many of whom werearrested.
A peaceful Internationdemonstration in the USSR
of women out of the fac
protesting food shortprices. Encouraged byworkers came out on a
streets in great numbeday. This is sometimes reFirst Revolution of 1917.
al Women's Daydraws thousands
tories and homes
ages and hightheir success,
trike into thers the followingferred to as the
China observes it's first IWD celebrationon March 8th.
Meetings and demonstrations wereorganized for the first time in Britainlinking women's issues with other currentevents such as anti-war protests.
1926-1960 Many Eastern and European countriescontinued their IWD celebrations,many of them declaring it a nationalholiday. In the late 60's women inthe West started celebrating itagain. The U.S. is one of the fewremaining countries that has notdeclared IWD a national holiday.
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