WOMEN'S INTERNATIONAL DAY

F.Y.I.
In 1908, fifteen thousand women marched through New York City demanding shorter hours, better pay and voting rights.
The first International Women's Day was launched on 8 March 1911 in Copenhagen by Clara Zetkin, Leader of the'Women's Office' for the Social Democratic Party in Germany. This followed many years of women's campaigning dating back to British MP, John Stuart Mill, the first person in Parliament calling for women's right to vote. On 19 September 1893 New Zealand became the first self-governing nation in the world to give women the right to vote. After 100 years, not even a small note appeared in San Diego local newspapers, T.V. stations or websites to commemmorate the event.