INTERNATIONAL WOMEN΄S DAY

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The International Women's Day
celebrated on March 8 every year as a day of remembrance of the movement struggles for women's rights .
While the first observance of Women's Day took place on 28 February 1909 in New York, March 8 was proposed by the International Conference of Women of 1910 to establish an "International Women's Day."

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Issues related to the concepts of women's rights include, but are not limited to, the right:
-to be educated
-to vote 
-to work
-to be paid fair wages or equal pay
-to have equal rights in family law
-to own property  
-for physical integrity and autonomy 
-to be free from sexual violence 
-to hold public office
-to enter into legal contracts
-to have reproductive rights 

Victoria Woodhall

Victoria Woodhall was the first woman who ran for president of the United States in 1872, nearly 50 years before women's suffrage was recognized.
Victoria Woodhall's candidacy for the US presidency was announced in 1870, naturally causing a sensation. She had chosen the African-American writer and former slave Frederick Douglas as a candidate for vice president. A few days before the election, however, Victoria was arrested by New York police. So on election day, Victoria was in jail.  

The suffragettes

The term "suffrage" comes from the word "suffragist", which denotes the supporter of "suffrage", i.e. the right to vote. The suffragettes demanded participation in the commons and equal treatment with men.
The term Suffragettes was coined by the Daily Mail as a derogatory term for members of the women's suffrage movement.

The Annie Kenny and Kristampel Pankhurst 
campaigning for suffragists

The Emelin Pankhurst was a British political activist and leader of the British movement for the rights of women (suffragettes) fought to gain women social and political rights and mainly the right to vote. 

The suffragettes : Emmeline Pankhurst (1858 - 1928)