Congratulations ladies on March 8! In honor of this holiday - a collection of facts about the International Women's Day.
According to one version, the beginning of emancipated women's movement, and at the same time - and the holiday on March 8, put strike of weavers in New York, who in 1857, on this day supposedly took to the streets, banging on empty pots.They say they would like to achieve equality, increase wages and decent working conditions.
However, evidence supporting this "march of empty kastryulek" (so became known as the "rally" in the XX century), was not, so we can assume that this is nothing more than a bike that was invented much later for political propaganda.So, most likely, the American worker weaving and garment factories do not have in our March 8 irrelevant.But it is known that the emergence of a holiday my hand famous German communist Clara Zetkin (by the way, in Moscow and several other cities still have a street named in her honor).It Zetkin in 1910 in Copenhagen, suggested the establishment of International Women's Day and presented the participants of the Second International Socialist Women's Conference of the theses.She believed that "holiday" will be an excellent occasion for rallies and marches.Her idea has taken root.
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unofficially in Russia March 8 marked the first time in St. Petersburg in 1913, it was a kind of support for the western kommunistok, suffragettes and emansipe.
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decree dated May 8, 1965 March 8 recognized public holiday and in 1966 declared it a holiday.
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March 8 is a festive holiday in some of the former republics of the Soviet Union (Azerbaijan, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Moldova, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Belarus as the International Women's Day, in Uzbekistan as a Mother's Day, andas in China, Macedonia, Mongolia, Nepal, North Korea and some African countries.
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most popular flowers on March 8 - tulips. However, for many years a symbol of 8 March was a mimosa - yellow fluffy balls on the green branches. Itsimages even printed on holiday cards and boxes of chocolates.
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statistics of recent years shows that only 20% of men are willing to 8 March to take over all the female Pre chores.
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Annually28-30% of men forget to congratulate their wives, lovers or relatives.
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According to the women themselves, the worst gift on March 8 - is cheap jewelery and products of the sex shops.
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Interestingly, 36% of men and only 23% of women think that to make love March 8 is a mandatory attribute of the holiday.For 41% of women and 31% of men do not love March 8 is a mandatory attribute of the holiday.
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