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Women's Day poster, USSR, 1920 Over a hundred years ago today 15,000 women in New York City came together to march for better working conditions and universal women’s suffrage. The following year the Socialist Party of America declared February 28 to be National Women’s Day. In Copenhagen in 1910 an International Women’s Day was proposed and unanimously agreed upon by 100 women representing 17 countries. It would be observed simultaneously by women around the world on March 8, 1911. 
March 8
Over a hundred years ago, 15,000 women in New York City came together to march for better working conditions and universal women’s suffrage. The following year the Socialist Party of America declared February 28 to be National Women’s …Read more 
February 13-15 She-wolf suckles Romulus & Remus It’s Lupercalia time, baby. On this day the ancient Romans remembered the She-wolf who suckled the baby Romulus—the future founder of Rome–and his brother Remus. The priests of Rome, known as the Luperci, or ”Brotherhood of the Wolf,’ would commemorate this day by running around in loincloths smacking women on the back with an animal-skins. What is immediately apparent in a comparison between the sacred rites of then and now is …Read more 
February 5 Today’s Wear Red Day, but it’s not a fashion statement. It’s a life statement: to build awareness of women’s heart disease. Today women are at greater risk of fatal heart attack than men. Each year more women die of cardiovascular disease than cancer, tuberculosis, AIDS, and malaria combined. While mortality rates for men have gone down, the danger for women has risen. Around the world 16 women die of cardiovascular illness every minute. Recognizing the early …Read more 
January 11 If you’re like everyone I know, you had a baby this Fall. But if you (or your loved one) are still expecting, you might want to give a shout out to Carmenta today, the Roman Goddess of Prophecy, Protectress of women in childbirth, and an early symbol of women’s lib. Today marks the first day of Carmentalia, the Roman festival in her honor, observed by the women of ancient Rome. This corresponds in name to the …Read more 
August 26 “Susan B. Anthony is not on trial; the United States is on trial.” – Matilda Joslyn Gage Susan B. Anthony Women’s Equality Day celebrates the anniversary of the passage of the 19th Amendment on August 26, 1920. The amendment gave American women the long-fought-for right to vote. One of the most vocal and influential activists for women’s suffrage was Susan B. Anthony. In fact, in Massachusetts it’s Susan B. Anthony Day today, in …Read more 
August 13
Women’s Day in Tunisia isn’t celebrated on March 8th like much of the rest of the world, but on August 13, in commemoration of the Tunisian Code of Personal Status, enacted on this day in 1956. The Code and the principles it endorsed sent shock waves across the Islamic world when it was created. Among other things, the Code established judicial divorce proceedings, gave women the right to request divorce, set the minimum …Read more |
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