Today marks March 8 and is International Women’s Day. This day is celebrated all over the world. International Women's Day became a well-known annual event in 1908, with 15,000 women marching in New York City demanding shorter working hours, better wages, and the right to vote. Clara Zetkin, conceived the idea of ??the International Conference of Working Women in Copenhagen, to have an International Day for Women. There were 100 women from 17 different countries and they agreed unanimously. It was celebrated in 1911, in Austria, Denmark, Germany and Switzerland and then spread to all countries, informs dritare.net. Clara Zetkin's original idea for an International Women's Day did not have a specific date and was not formalized until a war strike was staged by Russian women in 1917 for "bread and peace." Four days after the strike, the interim government gave women the right to vote. The strike took place on February 23 according to the Russian calendar of that time, which according to the European calendar was March 8.
How is World Women's Day celebrated?
International Women’s Day is a national holiday in many countries, including Russia, where flower sales double during the three or four days before March 8, as men and women give flowers to their loved ones. In China, women work part-time on March 8, as set by the State Council, although employers do not always respect tradition. In Italy, International Women’s Day or La Festa della Donna is celebrated with the awarding of mimosa flowers. In the US, March is Women’s Historic Month. A presidential proclamation is issued annually and honors the achievements of American women./LF-dritare.net
