Happy International Womans Day or IWD. In about 1908 woman who were now working in what was to become the industial revolution were becoming increasingly dissatisfied with how the were being paid, treated, and viewed working in factories. In New York City many woman participated in a march calling for shorter hours, better pay, and voting rights. Throughout the world women Earthwide were feeling the same stressful reaction to their working enviornments.
In 1909 The first socialist party of America organized the first National Womans Day. It would come to be a global effort. IWD is now an official holiday in China, Armenia, Russia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Bulgaria, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Macedonia, Moldova, Mongolia, Tajikistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan and Vietnam. The tradition sees men honouring their mothers, wives, girlfriends, colleagues, etc with flowers and small gifts. In some countries IWD has the equivalent status of Mother's Day where children give small presents to their mothers and grandmothers.
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