the first international women's day was celebrated on february 28, 1909.
the first international women's day was celebrated on february 28, 1909.
when was the first international women's day celebrated?
february 28 , 1909
after the socialist party of america organized a women's day on february 28, 1909, in new york, german revolutionary clara zetkin proposed at the 1910 international socialist woman's conference that 8 march be honored as a day annually in memory of working women. the day has been celebrated as international women's day or international working women's day ever since. after women gained suffrage in soviet russia in 1917, march 8 became a national holiday there. the day was then predominantly celebrated by the socialist movement and communist countries until it was adopted by the feminist movement in about 1967. the united nations began celebrating the day in 1975.
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in 1906 she gave a presentation to the fourth spd women's congress in mannheim on care of women during and following pregnancy. in 1907 the family relocated to stuttgart. that year she gave a presentation on education to the women's congress in nuremberg. in 1910 she was a delegate at the international women's conference in copenhagen (held in tandem with that year's ), at which she delivered a presentation on motherhood and childcare. she was also involved in the resolution to introduce an , proposed at the conference by her friend, clara zetkin. the first international women's day celebrated in germany (and denmark, austria and switzerland) duly took place on 19 march 1911 (although the idea had come from international working women's day first celebrated in new york on 28 february 1909).
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