Quote: "The first problem for all of us, men and women, is not to learn but to unlearn." ~Gloria Steinem

International Women's Week event info: [link]

Women earn about 80% of what men do: on average, $25,000 less per year and it takes 3 years longer than a man to get promoted.

Feminist theory focuses on the promotion of women's rights and interests. Themes explored in include gender inequality, discrimination, stereotyping, objectification, oppression, and patriarchy.

The first IWD was observed on 28 February 1909 in the United States following a declaration by the Socialist Party of America. Among other relevant historic events, it commemorates the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire (New York, 1911), where over 140 women lost their lives. The idea of having an international women's day was first put forward at the turn of the 20th century amid rapid world industrialization and economic expansion that led to protests over working conditions. By urban legend, women from clothing and textile factories staged one such protest on 8 March 1857 in New York City. The garment workers were protesting against very poor working conditions and low wages. The protesters were attacked and dispersed by police. These women established their first labor union in the same month two years later.
More protests followed on 8 March in subsequent years, most notably in 1908 when 15,000 women marched through New York City demanding shorter hours, better pay and voting rights.


It takes strength to the be the "weaker sex".

Here are some deviations that feature strong women. I included a sprinkling of textiles to commemorate the probable origins of International Womens Day.






_{Worship a woman today ( I you Mom. I you *SPF2000000 )}

Thanks to for her hard work on this project.

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(Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics).
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