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March 8, 1911, was the first International Women’s Day.

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The origin of Women’s Day

March 8 is International Women’s Day, and March 8th, Women's Day, International Women's Day is a festival for women around the world to fight for peace, equality and development. For a century, women in various countries have made unremitting efforts to fight for their rights.

On March 8, 1909, female workers in Chicago, Illinois, and workers in the textile and garment industries across the country held a large-scale strike and demonstration, demanding an increase in wages, the implementation of an eight-hour working day, and Gain the right to vote. This was the first organized mass struggle of working women in history, which fully demonstrated the power of working women. The struggle received widespread sympathy and enthusiastic response from women all over the country and even in other countries around the world, and they finally won.

Before World War I, the shadow of war shrouded the world, and imperialism attempted to carve up colonies. In August 1910, the Second International Socialist Women's Congress was held in Copenhagen, the capital of Denmark. Representatives from 17 countries attended the meeting. The main issues discussed at the meeting were opposing imperialist armament expansion and war preparations and safeguarding world peace. They also discussed protecting the rights of women and children, fighting for an eight-hour working day and women's suffrage. Clara Zetkin, the famous German socialist revolutionary and outstanding communist fighter who led this conference, proposed that March 8 every year be designated as Women's Struggle Day around the world, which was unanimously supported by the representatives present at the conference. Since then, Women's Day has become a day for women around the world to fight for their rights and liberation.

March 8, 1911, was the first International Women’s Day.

Our country began to commemorate the "March 8th" Day in 1922. The first mass event for Chinese women to commemorate the March 8th Day was held in Guangzhou in 1924.

In December 1949, the Government Affairs Council of the Central People's Government designated March 8 every year as Women's Day. The United Nations has celebrated International Women's Day since the International Women's Year in 1975, recognizing the tradition of ordinary women striving for equal participation in society. In 1977, the General Assembly passed a resolution requesting each country to select a day of the year as the United Nations Women's Rights and World Peace Day in accordance with its own history and national traditions and customs. For the United Nations, International Women's Day is celebrated on March 8.