valerie pettis gave the idea to celebrate international women's day.
valerie pettis gave the idea to celebrate international women's day.
who gave the idea to celebrate international women's day?
valerie pettis
zetkin was very interested in women's politics, including the fight for equal opportunities and women's suffrage. she helped to develop the social-democratic women's movement in germany; from 1891 to 1917 she edited the spd women's newspaper "die gleichheit" (equality). in 1907 she became the leader of the newly founded "women's office" at the spd. she also contributed to international women's day (iwd). in august 1910, an international women's conference was organized to precede the general meeting of the socialist second international in copenhagen, denmark. inspired in part by american socialists' actions, luise zietz proposed the establishment of an annual international woman's day (singular) and was seconded by zetkin, although no date was specified at that conference. delegates (100 women from 17 countries) agreed with the idea as a strategy to promote equal rights including suffrage for women. the following year on 19 march 1911, iwd was marked for the first time, by over a million people in austria, denmark, germany, and switzerland.
clara zetkin
the all-female rebel choir was formed out of focus e15. it has run workshops and has performed alongside other choirs at the women’s strike assembly in central london on 8 march, 2018 on international women's day.









































section::::in popular culture.:music compilation.









































to celebrate international women's day in 2018, cassette and digital formats of a music compilation were made available as a fundraiser for focus e15. it was arranged by the online radio station nts.









































section::::participatory action research.
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