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28 February
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28 March
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8 March
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7 March
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Detailed explanation-1: -The date the women’s strike commenced was Sunday February 23 on the Julian calendar then in use in Russia. This day on the Gregorian calendar in use elsewhere was March 8. International Women’s Day was marked for a first time by the United Nations in 1975.
Detailed explanation-2: -Origins. The earliest reported Women’s Day observance, called “National Woman’s Day", was held on February 28, 1909, in New York City, organized by the Socialist Party of America at the suggestion of activist Theresa Malkiel.
Detailed explanation-3: -History of National Women’s Day On August 9, 1956, there was a staged march on the Union Buildings of Pretoria. Over 20, 000 women of all races attended the march in order to protest against the Urban Areas Act of 1950 amendments.
Detailed explanation-4: -In 1975, during International Women’s Year, the United Nations began celebrating 8 March as International Women’s Day.
Detailed explanation-5: -Leading German socialists Luise Zietz and Clara Zetkin were the first to propose establishing an annual International Women’s Day.