I contributed this piece over at the Population Action International blog about the history of International Women's Day (March 8th).
"One seething trembling sea of women." These were the words Russian revolutionary and feminist Aleksandra Kollontai used to describe the one of the first International Women's Day celebrations in 1911. The first events were organized by German socialist Klara Zetkin to call attention to the plight of the female worker. As the year wore on, a whole series of marches and strikes were organized as news of these demonstrations spread across Europe like wildfire.
Read the whole blog entry: Reflections on International Women's Days Past
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