Introduction to March 8 Women's Day
1909, American socialists designated February 28th as National Women's Day. 19 10, more than 0/00 women representatives from 17 countries, under the leadership of Clara Zetkin, planned to set up International Women's Day, but no specific date was set. 19 11March19, more than110,000 women gathered in Austria, Denmark, Germany and Switzerland to celebrate International Women's Day, the last Sunday in February 19 13.
Russian women celebrate International Women's Day with demonstrations; 1965438+on March 8, 2004, women from many European countries held anti-war demonstrations; 1965438+On March 8 and February 23, 2007, Russian women went on strike to commemorate nearly 2 million Russian women who died in World War I, which started the February Revolution. Four days later, the tsar was forced to abdicate, and the interim government announced that women were given the right to vote.