Origin of the holiday: International Women's Day. On the United Nations' webpage introducing International Women's Day, the origin of International Women's Day is attributed to a series of major events in the women's movement in the early 20th century. These events include: In 1909, the American Socialists

February 28 is designated as National Women’s Day; in 1910, at the Copenhagen Conference of the Second International, more than 100 women representatives from 17 countries, headed by Clara Zetkin, planned to establish International Women’s Day, but did not stipulate the exact date.

Date; March 19, 1911, more than 1 million women in Austria, Denmark, Germany and Switzerland gathered to celebrate International Women's Day; on the last Sunday of February 1913, Russian women held a demonstration against World War I

celebrated their International Women’s Day; on March 8, 1914, women in many European countries held anti-war demonstrations; on March 8, 1917 (February 23 in the Russian calendar), to commemorate the recent women who lost their lives in World War I

Two million Russian women went on strike, kicking off the "February Revolution". Four days later, the Tsar was forced to abdicate, and the provisional government announced that women would be given the right to vote.

?It can be said that it was the series of feminist movements that took place in Europe and America at the beginning of the 20th century that jointly contributed to the birth of the "March 8th" International Women's Day, rather than the "International Women's Day" that people take for granted, it is just an international event.

*The legacy of the communist movement.

Festival development: The idea of ??establishing International Women's Day first emerged in the early 20th century, when Western countries were in the stage of rapid industrialization and economic expansion.

Poor working conditions and low wages have led to protests and strikes.

On March 8, 1857, female garment and textile workers in New York, USA, took to the streets to protest against poor working conditions and low wages.

Although the authorities later deployed police to attack and disperse the protest crowd, the protest led to the establishment of the first trade union organization two years later in March.

?In the following years, there were similar protest marches almost every year on March 8.

The most eye-catching one was in 1908, when nearly 15,000 women took to the streets of New York, demanding shorter working hours (ten-hour work day), increased wages (minimum wage) and the right to vote (women's suffrage).

And shouted the slogan "Bread and Roses" which symbolizes economic security and quality of life.

The next year, 2,000 people attended a Women's Day rally in Manhattan, New York City.

Women's Day was first celebrated on February 28, 1909, when the American Socialist Party issued a manifesto calling for commemorative activities to be held on the last Sunday of February each year.

This annual celebration continued until 1913.

?In 1909, female garment workers launched a general strike. Between 20,000 and 30,000 female shirt workers participated in the strike in order to increase wages and improve working conditions during the 13-week cold winter.

The Women's Trade Union League submitted bonds and substantial strike funds for arrested strikers.

?On August 26-27, 1910, on the eve of the Copenhagen Congress of the Second International, Clara Zetkin chaired the Second International Socialist Women’s Conference as secretary of the International Women’s Secretariat.

The international solidarity of the exploited workers of the world has long since become a socialist principle.

The German Socialist Party has a strong influence in the international socialist movement, and there are many advocates of women's rights in the party, including leaders like Clara Zetkin.

The conference was attended by more than 100 representatives from 17 countries, representing trade unions, socialist parties, professional women's clubs, and three women who were elected to the Finnish Parliament for the first time.

Inspired by the actions of American working women and her socialist sisters, Clara Zetkin drafted a "Resolution on the Basic Principles of the Struggle for Women's Suffrage."

?This resolution stipulates that "the class-conscious political organizations and trade unions of the proletariat in various countries unanimously agree that socialist women in all countries should have a festival every year. The main purpose is to help women obtain the right to vote. It must be in accordance with socialist principles and together with the entire women's issue.

Treat women’s suffrage requirements. Women’s Day must be international and carefully prepared.” The Second International Socialist Women’s Conference did not have a separate resolution to establish International Women’s Day, nor did it stipulate which day is Women’s Day.

The Copenhagen Women's Conference did not set a specific date for International Women's Day.

Therefore, the activities to celebrate this holiday before 1922 were highly random.

?On March 19, 1911, proletarian women in some European countries held the first event in history to celebrate International Women's Day.

Rallies for suffrage were held across Germany, with more than 5,000 male and female workers participating in Berlin alone.

Women in Denmark, Austria, Switzerland and other countries also held rallies and marches.

?A total of more than one million people held various activities to celebrate International Women's Day.

?Six days later, on March 25, the famous New York Triangle Bra Factory fire broke out in New York. The fire devoured the lives of more than 140 female garment workers, most of whom were Italian and Jewish immigrants.