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1. Standing up for women's rights: The radical history of International Women’s Day

   women’s main complaints were about deteriorating living conditions as World War I dragged on. The cost of ... armaments plant on March 7, women took to the streets demanding an end to the war and poverty. The march led ... to earn less — on average, women receive 30-40% less pay than men for the same work. And women ...

2. The radical history of International Women’s Day

   on their “success”. These events can make us forget that IWD has a radical socialist history of women ... International Women’s Day was born. On March 18, 1911, on the 40th anniversary of the Paris Commune, the first ... suffrage. A million leaflets calling for votes for women were distributed throughout Germany on the day. In ...