On this day in 1857, garment workers in New York City protested against inhumane working conditions, low wages, and for equal rights for women, an event that is commemorated annually as International Women's Day. Their protest was attacked and broken up by police, but the labor action led to the creation of the first women's labor union.

On the same day in 1908, 15,000 women marched in NYC for shorter work hours, better pay, voting rights, and an end to child labor. The slogan "Bread and Roses" emerged from the protest, with bread symbolizing economic security and roses for better living standards.

International Women's Day in 1917 was also the date of the Russian February Revolution, in which workers celebrating International Women's Day joined protests and riots against food rationing, with more than 50,000 people in the streets. The protests grew quickly and developed revolutionary fervor, eventually overthrowing the monarchy.

International Women's Day (then International Working Women's Day) was introduced during the 1910 International Conference of Working Women in Copenhagen, Denmark. Clara Zetkin, a German socialist, suggested a holiday honoring the strike of garment workers in the U.S. The proposal received unanimous approval from the 100 women from 17 countries.

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  • QuillQuote [they/them]
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    4 years ago

    Transphobic concern trolls with brand new accounts keep replying to a comment I left about tc69 because I used hir neopronouns

    I'm utterly shocked :surprised-pika:

    • Woly [any]
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      4 years ago

      Why won't people just shut the fuck up? Seriously, even if you were enough of an asshole to ignore the moral imperative to recognize people as their correct gender, even if you didn't give a shit about that, why, why, why why why would you keep on posting on some stupid armpit of the internet that clearly is not going to ruin your fragile big man hard dick meaty penis ego? Why bother? Why why why why why????

      Just be quiet! It's so easy!

    • Quimby [any, any]
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      4 years ago

      do you know if tc prefers the neopronouns to she/her? I know they're both listed in the flair. I'd like to do whatever tc prefers, if I can, but I assumed any of the listed pronouns would be ok.