On March 8 every year, women around the world are honored by all mankind. However, on 8/3 is what day, the origin and meaning of this day not everyone understands.
What is the date 8 March, the origin and meaning?
The origins of the 8 March International Women's Day date back to the movement of female textile workers in the late nineteenth century.
On March 8, 1857, textile workers stood up against their tough and poor working conditions in New York City. Two years later, in March, the first female workers in the textile union formed the union to be protected and won some benefits.
Then, on March 8, 1908, 15,000 women marched on the streets of New York seeking to raise wages, reduce working hours and cancel child-labor. Then, the American Socialist Party declared International Women's Day on February 28, 1909.
On March 8, 1910, at the Second International Women's Conference (International Socialist Party), 100 women delegates from 17 countries claimed the right to vote for women. Conference chairman Clara Zetkin, a German woman, offered to choose an international day for women to remember the women who had struggled all over the world.
The meeting decided to choose March 8 as the International Women's Day, a day of women's united struggle with the slogans: "8 working days," "Equal Jobs," "Protecting mothers. and children.
Since then, March 8 has become a common struggle day for women working all over the world, praising the will of women in all over the world to fight for national independence, democracy, peace and social progress; for the welfare of women and children.
In addition to International Women's Day (8/3), there are also months and years of gratitude for women. Accordingly, in 2011, President Barack Obama issued a March statement that would be the "women's history month" in the United States.
In 1975, it was recognized as the International Year of Women by the United Nations. This is also the year the United Nations recognized 8/3 as the International Women's Day.
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