Most students on campus have no idea what holiday March 8 is. No, it's not Easter. March 8 is International Woman’s Day.
International Women's Day has been observed since the early 1900s, a time of great expansion and turbulence in the industrialized world that saw booming population growth and therise of radical ideologies.
On March 8, 1909, American women's societies held a demonstration in Chicago to demand equal treatment. The movement helped to unify feminist organizations around a commoncause and marked a significant advance in worldwide feminist consciousness and activism.
At the 1910 International Women's Conference held in Copenhagen, Denmark, women continued this momentum by voicing demands for "equal pay for equal work" and other issues. A resolution passed at the conference to make March 8 "International Women's Day" in memory of the Chicago demonstration.
“Of course I know, since the beginning of the 20th century, there's always been some feminist movement everywhere in the world," student Cindy Meng said. "Every year on the 8th of March, there's a big march and activities. I really thank these pioneers. Because of their efforts, I could be raised in an open world with an open mind.”
Even today, however, there still are many places women do not have rights and in some places women aren’t even allowed to make their own decisions.
“In my country, some men think they are strong and better than women," Korean student Jiyoung Kim said. "So when they work together, woman can’t have their ownrights, the men try to control them.”
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