Women's Day

International Women's Day Handwritten Newspaper

On March 8, 1909, female workers in Chicago, Illinois, USA, together with workers from the national textile and clothing industries, held a massive rally demanding wage increases, the implementation of an 8-hour workday, and voting rights. This was the first organized mass struggle by working women in history, fully demonstrating the strength of working women. The struggle received widespread sympathy and enthusiastic responses from women around the country and even in other countries worldwide, eventually leading to victory.

In August 1910, the Second International Socialist Women's Congress was held in Copenhagen, the capital of Denmark. Representatives from 17 countries attended, and the main issues discussed were opposing imperialist military expansion and safeguarding world peace. Additionally, they discussed protecting the rights of women and children, striving for an 8-hour workday, and women's suffrage. Clara Zetkin proposed that March 8th of each year be designated as the global struggle day for women, which was unanimously supported by the attending representatives.

March 8, 1911, marked the first International Working Women's Day.