Let me educate you as to why we are to celebrate women's
day. For those that do not understand the origin and significance of this day.
The day is celebrated on the 8th of March, and its origin
dates back to the 1800’s. On the 28th of February 1908, women took to the
streets of New York city demanding shorter hours, better pay, and the right to
vote. The demonstration had a whopping 15,000 women stand together in solidarity
to fight women rights. The following year, on the 28th of February another
March was held in New York City yet again. Women all over the world held
marches of their own on different days in February and March. It was then
decided in 1913, that the International Women’s day shall be celebrated on the
8th of March.
It is a day designed to celebrate the women that have paved
the path way to where we are today in terms of women’s right. It celebrates the
voices of victory that won a woman a right to the work place, the fighters who
fought for equal pay and the ones that continue to speak up against the
injustices women face today. It is about ensuring that the power a woman possess
is not seen as domineering, but a quality that is to be praised. In doing so, a
woman is not afraid to reach the full magnitude of her potential, as the
shackles are broken.
It is a day designed to bring about hope in the hopeless
around the word, ignite a spirit of unity and fight for the protection of the
standing women rights.
“Whatever glory
belongs to the race for a development unprecedented in history for the given
length of time, a full share belongs to the womanhood of the race” –
Mary McLeod Bethune
Photo: International
Women's Day, 12 March 1977. Photograph by David Bartho—Sydney
Morning Herald via Getty Images
