March 8. history of the holiday

All women of our country are always waiting for this spring and very bright holiday called March 8. The history of its origin is probably known to many. Since childhood we are accustomed to hearing that to the celebration on March 8 we owe two historical figures: the communists K. Tzetkin and R. Luxemburg. And is it really so? Let's try to understand. As early as 1857, on that day, hundreds of workers in the factories in the city of New York demanded to reduce the length of the working day (which, by the way, reached 16 hours!), To increase earnings on a par with men, as their salary was significantly different from that Received men, as well as improve inadequate working conditions. After these speeches, the working day was reduced to 10 hours and for the first time women's trade unions were established.

March 8. History of occurrence

At the beginning of the twentieth century, the Social Democratic Party in the same New York City held a rally on March 8, 1908, where calls were made for the equality of women and men, on reducing the working day, raising wages and giving suffrage. Approximately 15,000 women took to the streets of the city that day, and in 1909 he was declared a national women's day in the USA, which was celebrated until 1913 on the last Sunday in February.

About the holiday on March 8 the history tells and such interesting information. In 1910, August 27 in Copenhagen, a conference was held, organized by women-socialists. It was then that the meeting of American socialists with Clara Zetkin took place, which proposed to choose a day in which the female sex would be free to declare her rights and demands on all sorts of marches and rallies. And on March 19, 1911, in Austria, Germany, Switzerland and Denmark, women celebrated their day, although in 1912 it was celebrated in May, 12th. Since 1913, women in many countries have begun to claim their rights on different days, which they chose on their own.

Regarding the holiday on March 8, the history contains many other interesting facts. For example, in 1914, in six countries, including Russia, on March 8 thousands of women took part in the celebration of their day. In many countries, the process of recognizing women as individuals began. Men were very reluctant to grant some rights to the "fair half". In the Scandinavian countries even began to partially grant the right to vote. The process has started. Women could no longer sit at home and began to take an active part in society.

The day of March 8 (its history in Russia is very rich), was vigorously welcomed in Russia. On the eve of the revolution (February) , March 8, 1917 in the city of Petrograd, textile workers from the workers' outskirts declared a strike and took to the streets of the Russian capital. They went to the City Duma with demands for the overthrow of the tsar, they intended to obtain equal rights with men. This day is the beginning of the February revolution, and in 1921 the Communist Women's Conference, the second) established the celebration on March 8, as a women's day, in memory of the beginning of the February chaos.

Speaking of the Day of March 8, the history of its development in Soviet Russia after 1920 has undergone many changes. About the women's day, for some reason, they safely forgot, because it was necessary to impose other ideological principles. Beautiful ladies took in hand jackhammers, picks and shovels. They began to perform heavy, dirty physical work, considering it an equality.

March 8. History of the establishment of a non-working day

Only since 1966 in the Soviet Union, this holiday, thanks to the decree of 08.03.965, officially became a non-working day, designed to celebrate the beautiful ladies. Millions of Soviet women had an extra day to rest.

Holiday on March 8, the history of formation in the CIS countries

On the territory of the CIS on March 8, a public holiday, except for the Baltic States and Turkmenistan, where it was not widely disseminated.