international women’s day
March 8th: International Women’s Day
Posted on March 8, 2012
Today marks the 101st International Women’s Day. The first Women’s Day was organized by the Socialist Party of America in 1909 to protest poor working conditions in garment factories in New York City. In 1910, The Socialist International Meeting in Copenhagen, Denmark declared an International Women’s Day to build universal support for the women’s suffrage…Read More +
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