International Women's Day celebrates achievements, reminds women the fight for equality requires action

International Women's Day celebrates achievements, reminds women the fight for equality requires action

Harvard professor and Pulitzer Prize-winning historian Laurel Thatcher Ulrich coined the phrase “well-behaved women seldom make history” in 1976. “This ...

The Socialist Origins of International Women’s Day

From the beginning, International Women's Day has been an occasion to celebrate working women and fight capitalism.

The Surprising History of International Women’s Day

Though International Women’s Day may be more widely celebrated abroad than in the United States, its roots are planted firmly in American soil.

The Pacifist Origins of International Women's Day - World BEYOND War

By Yurii Sheliazhenko, World BEYOND War, March 8, 2025 Congratulations to pacifist women on the International Women’s Day! Interestingly, this holiday was initiated by Theresa Malkiel, born in the Podillia region of Ukraine. Let us not forget the origins of the holiday in this disturbing spring, when in hearts there is hope for peace, in the news there is fear of a more terrible war, and men are brutally taken into bloody captivity, to fight on …

The Origins of International Women's Day: A Struggle for Equality Rooted in History - Republic Policy

Every year on March 8, the world celebrates International Women’s Day, with leaders, governments, and brands sending messages of solidarity for women’s empowerment and equality. However, the true origins of this day are often overlooked, with its historical roots deeply entwined in the labor movements and social struggles of the early 20th century. The Birth of International Women’s Day The origins of International Women’s Day can be traced back…

Working Class Origins of International Women’s Day - Anarchist Communist Group

March 8th is International Women’s Day. Every year, capitalist institutions, media, and politicians show their support, forgetting the Day’s working class and anti-capitalist origins.This date actually commemorates March 8th 1909, when 129 women employees of a cotton textile factory in New York were killed when the factory boss set fire to the factory while all of them were inside making a protest demanding labour rights.It was the German social…