[Reader-list] Fwd: Observance of March 08 as IWD : It is Linked with Working Women's Struggles for Better Conditions at the Workplace AND THEIR STRUGGLES FOR SOCIALISM

[Venugopalan K M]

"Among other relevant historic events, it came to commemorate the 1911 Triangle
Shirtwaist Factory
fire"<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Triangle_Shirtwaist_Factory_fire>


"Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire in New York City killed over 140 garment
workers. A lack of safety measures was blamed for the high death toll."




"Demonstrations marking International Women's Day in Russia proved to be the
first stage of the Russian Revolution of 1917."


"Following the October
Revolution<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/October_Revolution>,
the Bolshevik <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bolshevik> feminist Alexandra
Kollontai <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexandra_Kollontai> persuaded
Lenin<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lenin>official
holiday <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_holiday> in the Soviet Union,
and it was established, but was a working day until 1965. On May 8, 1965 by
the decree of the USSR Presidium of the Supreme
Soviet<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Presidium_of_the_Supreme_Soviet>
USSR <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USSR> "in commemoration of the
outstanding merits of Soviet women in communistic construction, in the
defense of their Fatherland during the Great Patriotic War, in their heroism
and selflessness at the front and in the rear, and also marking the great
contribution of women to strengthening friendship between peoples, and the
struggle for peace. "


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Women%27s_Day#History

The first IWD was observed on 28 February 1909 in the United States
following a declaration by the Socialist Party of
America<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Socialist_Party_of_America>.
Among other relevant historic events, it came to commemorate the 1911 Triangle
Shirtwaist Factory
fire<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Triangle_Shirtwaist_Factory_fire>.
The idea of having an international women's day was first put forward at the
turn of the 20th century amid rapid world
industrialization<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Industrialization>and
economic expansion that led to protests over working conditions.

In 1910 the first international women's conference was held in
Copenhagen<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Copenhagen>(in the
labour-movement building located at Jagtvej 69, which until recently
housed Ungdomshuset <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ungdomshuset>) by the Second
International <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_International> and an
'International Women's Day' was established, which was submitted by the
important German Socialist Clara
Zetkin<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clara_Zetkin>,
although no date was
specified.[1]<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Women%27s_Day#cite_note-0>The
following year, 1911, IWD was marked by over a million people in
Austria <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Austria>,
Denmark<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Denmark>,
Germany <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Germany> and
Switzerland<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Switzerland>,
on March 19.[2]<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Women%27s_Day#cite_note-1>However,
soon thereafter, on March 25, the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire
in New York City killed over 140 garment workers. A lack of safety measures
was blamed for the high death toll. Furthermore, on the eve of World
War I<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_I>,
women across Europe <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Europe> held peace rallies
on 8 March 1913. In the West, International Women's Day was commemorated
during the 1910s and 1920s, but dwindled. It was revived by the rise of
feminism <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Feminism> in the 1960s.

Demonstrations marking International Women's Day in
Russia<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russia>proved to be the first
stage of the Russian
Revolution of 1917 <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russian_Revolution_of_1917>
.

Following the October
Revolution<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/October_Revolution>,
the Bolshevik <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bolshevik> feminist Alexandra
Kollontai <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexandra_Kollontai> persuaded
Lenin<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lenin>to make it an official
holiday <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_holiday> in the Soviet Union,
and it was established, but was a working day until 1965. On May 8, 1965 by
the decree of the USSR Presidium of the Supreme
Soviet<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Presidium_of_the_Supreme_Soviet>International
Women's Day was declared as a non working day in the
USSR <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USSR> "in commemoration of the
outstanding merits of Soviet women in communistic construction, in the
defense of their Fatherland during the Great Patriotic War, in their heroism
and selflessness at the front and in the rear, and also marking the great
contribution of women to strengthening friendship between peoples, and the
struggle for peace. But still, women's day must be celebrated as are other
holidays."
Greetings of the Day,
(Venu)



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nation, you cannot build up a morality. Anything that you will build on the
foundations of caste will crack and will never be a whole.
-AMBEDKAR



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