How Did International Women's Day on March 8th Originate?
March 8th is dedicated to the celebration of women's economic, political, and social achievements, based on International Women's Day. It is an undeniable fact that there is great strength and resistance behind these gains. As March 8th approaches, we wanted to share the story of Women's Day with you in this article...
On March 8, 1857, 40,000 textile workers at a factory in New York, USA, went on strike to demand better working conditions. However, after the police attacked the workers and the workers were locked inside the factory, 120 female workers lost their lives in the resulting fire because they could not escape from the barricades set up in front of the factory. This turned into an event that drew widespread reaction across the country, and more than 10,000 people attended the workers' funeral.
On August 26-27, 1910, at the Women's Conference associated with the Second International in Copenhagen, Denmark, Clara Zetkin, one of the leaders of the Social Democratic Party of Germany, proposed that March 8th be commemorated as "Internationaler Frauentag" (International Women's Day) in memory of the female workers who died in the textile factory fire on March 8, 1857, and the proposal was accepted unanimously.
In the early years, a specific date was not set, and it was only celebrated in the spring. The date of March 8th was finalized at the 3rd International Women's Conference held in Moscow in 1921, upon the proposal of Lenin, the leader of the 1917 Bolshevik Revolution and the founder of the Soviet Union. Its name was also designated as "International Working Women's Day."
To all the magnificent women who deserve equal rights, freedom, and happiness not just on March 8th but every day, wishing for a world where we can reap the rewards of our struggle...
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