The Soviet Communist Origins of International Women’s Day
▻https://www.messynessychic.com/2017/03/10/the-soviet-communist-origins-of-international-womens-day
I’ve been informed that the way we celebrate Women’s Day in western society is a little bit weak compared to the way they do it in Russia– which might have something to do with the fact that the Soviets basically invented the holiday. Long before the world had International Women’s Day, Soviet Russia had ‘Working Women’s Day’, where it was first declared a national holiday as early as 1917. The United Nations didn’t adopt the March 8th celebration until 1975 when it became an official international holiday in the West, and the communist-associated “worker” element was hastily dropped from the holiday’s title.
While discovering the roots of Women’s Day, I also found an abundance of vintage Soviet-era cards celebrating March 8th…
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