International Women's Day (8 March)

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Sujet : International Women's Day (8 March)
De : benlizro (at) *nospam* ihug.co.nz (Ross Clark)
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Date : 08. Mar 2025, 01:59:32
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It shows up on my master list as a national holiday only in Russia, Belarus and Ukraine. (Russia has a Mondayized-Saturday "IWD Holiday" on the 10th, which is also the day IWD is celebrated in Ukraine.)
Curious.
But this makes it all clear:
"Spurred by the universal female suffrage movement, International Women's Day originated from labor movements in Europe and North America during the early 20th century, with the modern holiday, March 8, being declared by Vladimir Lenin."
(Gasp!)
"The earliest version reported was a "Woman's Day" organized by the Socialist Party of America in New York City on February 28, 1909. This inspired German delegates at the 1910 International Socialist Women's Conference in Copenhagen to propose "a special Women's Day" be organized annually, albeit with no set date; the following year saw the first demonstrations and commemorations of International Women's Day across Europe. Vladimir Lenin declared March 8 as International Women's Day in 1922 to honour the women's role in 1917 Russian Revolution; it was subsequently celebrated on that date by the socialist movement and communist countries."
"International Women's Day remained predominantly a communist holiday until circa 1967 when it was taken up by second-wave feminists....International Women's Day had been largely forgotten in the United States by the late 1960s, before an activist called Laura X organized a march in Berkeley, California, on International Women's Day in 1969....The holiday became a mainstream global holiday following its promotion by the United Nations in 1977."
Holy crap! How come Trump hasn't banned it yet?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Women%27s_Day
/Ob sci.lang:  The Wikipedia article features a dynamic poster for IWD in Germany, 1914. "This poster was banned in the German Empire."
One line on the poster reads: "Heraus mit dem Frauenwahlrecht."
I find it hard not to translate that as "Out with women's right to vote"; but in English that would give the opposite of what I'm sure was the intended meaning. So it's really something like "Come out and show your support for....". Am I right?

Date Sujet#  Auteur
8 Mar 25 * International Women's Day (8 March)4Ross Clark
8 Mar 25 `* Re: International Women's Day (8 March)3Christian Weisgerber
9 Mar 25  `* Re: International Women's Day (8 March)2Ross Clark
9 Mar 25   `- Re: International Women's Day (8 March)1Christian Weisgerber

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