[header] How to celebrate international women's day [title] Learn the history of international women's day. [step] International women's day celebrates the accomplishments of women, as well as recognizing their achievements and the struggles that they've gone through. It was a part of the labor movements that began in the early 1900s in america and europe. 
Read up on the history of international women's day online to understand the purpose of the holiday. [substeps] The first international women's day was celebrated in 1909 to honor the 1908 garment women's strike in new york.