March 8th: International Women’s Day
Posted in Civil Rights, Civil rights in the workplace, Employee Rights, News on March 8, 2017
The first “National Women’s Day” was observed in the United States in 1909, to recognize the 1908 garment workers’ strike in New York. A year later, Women’s Day was recognized internationally at a conference in Copenhagen, where over 100 women from 17 countries created a worldwide day of celebration to advocate for women’s rights. In
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