The body content of your post goes here. To editThe purpose of International Women's Day is to bring attention to the social, political, economic, and cultural issues that women face, and to advocate for the advance of women within all those areas. As the organizers of the celebration state, "Through purposeful collaboration, we can help women advance and unleash the limitless potential offered to economies the world over." The day is often also used to recognize women who've made significant contributions to the advancement of their gender.

First Celebration

International Women's Day was first celebrated on March 19 (not the later March 8), 1911. A million women and men rallied in support of women's rights on that first International Women's Day. The idea of an International Women's Day was inspired by America's National Women's Day, February 28, 1909, declared by the Socialist Party of America.

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The next year, the Socialist International met in Denmark and delegates approved the idea of an International Women's Day. And so the next year, the first International Women's Day—or as it was first called, International Working Women's Day—was celebrated with rallies in Denmark, Germany, Switzerland, and Austria. Celebrations often included marches and other demonstrations.

Not even a week after the first International Women's Day, the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire killed 146 people, mostly young immigrant women, in New York City. That incident inspired many changes in industrial working conditions, and the memory of those who died has been often invoked as part of International Women's Days from that point on.

Especially in the early years, International Women's Day was connected with working women's rights.

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