International Women's Day
Has been celebrated in the United States, Russia, and parts of Europe since the turn of the 20th century. It was during this holiday in 1917 that women workers in Russia left factories and took to the streets to protest food shortages. When Czar Nicholas II ordered the military to intervene, they did not. Shortly afterward, he abdicated, and shortly after that, women in Russia were given the right to vote, three years before women in the U.S.International Women's Day is celebrated in 28 countries
and
recognized by the United Nations.
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March Across the Brooklyn BridgeSee the full World Wide Map
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March 8, 2011
10:30am
Check-in at Cadman Plaza Park, Brooklyn (High Street stop on A,C Subway is the closest). From there we'll walk together, across the Brooklyn Bridge, to City Hall Park in Manhattan. We'll have a festival in City Hall Park
Event ends at 1pm.
For more information
email
jmorabito@womenforwomen.org
Created by
Women for Women International
Check-in at Cadman Plaza Park, Brooklyn (High Street stop on A,C Subway is the closest). From there we'll walk together, across the Brooklyn Bridge, to City Hall Park in Manhattan. We'll have a festival in City Hall Park
Event ends at 1pm.
For more information
jmorabito@womenforwomen.org
Created by
Women for Women International
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