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Women's Day


8th of March is well-known as an international Women’s Day. Although in Poland we mainly associate this holiday with times of communism and PRL, it actually came from United States and was originally established in honour of women who died in fighting for gender equality. It all begun on march 8th in 1908, when 15 000 women who worked for a fashion industry in New York initiated a strike with postulates of equal solarise. In 1909 The Socialist Party of America designated 28th of February to honour them.  Later, in 1910- during the meeting in Copenhagen- The Socialist International established that the Women’s Day should have an international character and should be considered the day when women are appreciated for their achievements. Nowadays Women’s Day is rather a commercial holiday, we celebrate it through flowers and chocolates, some shops prepare special discounts for this day, etc. Most of the feminists doesn’t recognise this holiday and thinks that we forgot that it should be an opportunity to discuss the discrimination, problems of equality and the future for women. In my opinion every day should be the Women’s Day. We shouldn’t limit ourselves to only one day during the year to honour and show our appreciation to all the great women we know.



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