Dear Steemit friends,
Today is International Woman's Day. In this post I'll talk bout the history and to say thank you to my special womans!
Introduction:
International Women's Day is celebrated on March 8 every year in many countries around the world. It is a day when women are recognized for their achievements without regard to divisions, whether national, ethnic, linguistic, cultural, economic or political.
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History
The seeds of it were planted in 1908, when 15,000 women marched through New York City demanding shorter working hours, better pay and the right to vote. It was the Socialist Party of America who declared the first National Woman's Day, a year later.
The idea to then make the day international came from a woman called Clara Zetkin. She suggested the idea in 1910 at an International Conference of Working Women in Copenhagen. There were 100 women there, from 17 countries, and they agreed unanimously.
It was first celebrated in 1911, in Austria, Denmark, Germany and Switzerland. The centenary was celebrated in 2011, so this year we're technically celebrating the 107th International Women's Day. (source: BBC)
Photo credit: Clara Zetkin (1857–1933), socialist and fighter for women's rights
In American, month of March as ‘Women’s History Month’. This had declared by former United States President Barack Obama in 2011.
The colours signify international Women's Day
Internationally, purple is a colour for symbolising women. Historically the combination of purple, green and white to symbolise women's equality originated from the Women’s Social and Political Union in the UK in 1908. Purple signifies justice and dignity. Green symbolises hope. White represents purity, but is no longer used due to 'purity' being a controversial concept. The introduction of the colour yellow representing a 'new dawn' is commonly used to signify a second wave of feminism. Thus purple with green represents traditional feminism, purple with yellow represents progressive contemporary feminism.
(Source: internationalwomanday)
Photo credit: Google's doodle to celebrate International Women's Day
Bonus: Actually, we're still have International Men's Day and celebrated the first time on 1960s and celebrated in more than 60 countries but International Men's Day isn't recognised by the UN.... =))
Special thank you!
I want to say special thank you to my mom, my grandma, my sister, my aunt and my friends.Thanks for support and beside me, the great womens! I won't say detail at here because it's not real and they can't know it. Instead it, I will call for them and say them know!
Beside, I wish for all Steemit's Womens have a good day with family, wishing you always happy, beauty and lucky. Love yourself and make beauty everyday, girl!
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