4hw.com.cn: March 8 women's Day is a festival for all women. It calls for global respect for women's rights and interests. March 8 women's Day is a resolution proposed by the United Nations in 1997 to pay attention to women's rights and interests. Do you know how March 8 women's day comes? Let's take a look at the origin of women's day.
How does March 8 women's day come? The origin of March 8 women's Day
On March 8, 1857, women's clothing and textile workers in New York held a protest against inhumane working environment, 12 hour working system and low salary. The marchers were besieged and dispersed by the police, and two years later, in March, the women formed the first union.
On March 8, 1908, 15000 women marched in New York City, demanding shorter working hours, higher pay and the right to vote, and banning child labor. In May, the American socialist party decided to take the last Sunday of February as the National Women's day.
On March 8, 1909, the Chicago women's work group held a demonstration to demand equal rights between men and women. At the second international socialist women's Congress held in Copenhagen, Denmark, in August of the following year, it was decided that in order to promote the unity and liberation of international working women, March 8 of each year would be women's day. It's also called international women's day.
Before the first World War, the shadow of war shrouded the world, and imperialism attempted to carve up the colonies. In August 1910, the second international socialist women's Congress was held in Copenhagen, the capital of Denmark. The meeting was attended by representatives of 17 countries. The main issue discussed at the meeting was to fight against imperialism's military expansion and prepare for war and safeguard world peace. At the same time, it also discussed the protection of women's and children's rights, striving for the eight hour working system and women's right to vote. Clara middlekin, a famous German Socialist revolutionist and outstanding communist fighter who led the conference, proposed to take March 8 as the world women's day of struggle every year, which was unanimously supported by the delegates present. Since then, women's day has become a world women's day for rights and liberation.
In 1917, Russian women called for a strike on February 23 to demand bread and peace and protest against the poor working environment and food shortage. The day was the last Sunday of the month according to the Julian calendar used in Russia, which was converted into the Gregorian calendar widely used in Europe on March 8. March 8, 1911 was the first international working women's day.
The historical significance of women's Day
3.8 International Women's Day is a festival for women all over the world. This day is recognized by the United Nations and is also designated as a legal holiday in many countries. Women from all over the world, though differentiated by different national boundaries, races, languages, cultures, economies and politics, can celebrate their own festivals at the same time. Let us look back on the struggle for equality, justice, peace and development that we fought 90 years ago.
International Women's Day is a witness to the history of working women. Women's struggle for equality with men is very long. In ancient Greece, licistrata led the women's struggle to stop the war; during the French Revolution, women in Paris chanted "freedom, equality, friendship" and took to the streets of Versailles to fight for the right to vote.
On this day, women on all continents of the world, regardless of nationality, race, language, culture, economic and political differences, pay close attention to women's human rights. In recent decades, four global conferences of the United Nations have strengthened the international women's movement. With the growth of the international women's movement, women's day has gained global significance. These developments have made international women's day a day of solidarity and concerted efforts to demand the return of women's rights and their right to participate in political, economic and social life.