The History Of International Women's Day

Today, March 8th is International Women’s Day. A day dedicated to celebrating the cultural, social, and political achievements of women. And a day to reflect on the issues that they still face globally.
International Women’s Day remained a major holiday only celebrated in socialist countries up until the 1970's.
Most of the international community did not formally observe the date until 1975. The UN celebrated International Women's Year that year. Since that year the UN officially celebrated International Women’s Day on March 8th.
International Women’s Day is now an official holiday in many countries. On this day feminist demonstrations are held in many countries.
But when did International Women’s Day start, who started it, and did it help destroy a centuries-old Russian monarchy? Well, Let’s Find Out.
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I remember when I stumbled upon the International Women's Day demonstration in Madrid. So impressive (and loud). Didn't see anything similar until the women's marches in 2017.

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It's a meme. Australia is upside down because it's in the southern hemisphere, while the dominant viewpoint of the internet is that of the northern hemisphere. 🙃

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Nice video. I didn't know early women rights movements were intertwined with socialist movements interesting.

[@mattk6719]

Yes, socialists tend to intertwine themselves into any cracks they can leverage to cause divisions and crumble foundations.

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After Effects

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Clara Zetkin :) Es ist so Stark! A good video!

[@arua1556]

Who is from 2020 and decide to remember about the history of 8 March?!❤️ Congratulations with this day ,beautiful women!!!!!We are deserve it,aren’t we?)

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I didn't know Trotsky was a smoker until I saw this, lol! Good video!

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Watching on women's Day 2024

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Love this for us Women 🙂

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Finally, a Pili cameo!!! She’s done us women proud!!

[@SpedZed]

Yet no one asked

[@bridgetowest]

Yesterday was international womens day i didn't really understand why because im a child so i watched this and it helped me :) Thanks for your explanation

[@mattk6719]

Don't believe everything you see on the internet. Everything has a spin. There is always more context.

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[@CogitoEdu]

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[@mattk6719]

Interesting spin. Almost didn't see that pink tax and glass ceiling bit coming.

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[@danielkurmann3524]

I love the upside down Austrlaia

[@mollynorth5627]

In Victoria Australia. Today March 8th is Labour Day. Longer history than woman's Day. I recognise labour day.

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I really like it

[@yourfriendlyneighbourhooda4006]

Nice job! My birthday is actually on the 8th of march and growing up i never really liked that it was on International Womens Day because I just thought it was a way for feminists (not the good kind) the ones that dehumanize men and as a kid being raised by a single dad i didnt like it cuz i think my dad is a great man sometimes but now knowing the whole history on that day i understand it now! And i now appreciate my birthday a little bit more So thank you for making this video! :-)

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Also I like the fact that you drew Australia upside down (i live there)

[@exellerupperexe1godofchaos977]

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[@GyroZ804]

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[@GyroZ804]

@weirdalfanatic2788 daughter and sisters Are spoiled bratts

[@GyroZ804]

@weirdalfanatic2788 no Brothers got our backs Without him you have no childhood Mothers give child for abotion While men give childsupport Stop reading fanfics theyre confusing you

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good for school projects

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Amazing video! Def going to save this and show my students! Would love to see a future video on the history of Black History Month and even a video on why people want to replace Columbus Day with Indigenous People's Day!

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Why did the women adopthis slogan what did it sy mbolize for them

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2:53 Nearly. *Looks sternly at the US*

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I love the Secret Message for the Germans ;)

[@lynnixvarjo9150]

@@Xxxxxxxxxxxx-y2p The Scene where the Women hold Signs in German - Google what they say.

[@pavansathsarasatharasinghe]

Sirimavo Bandaranaike was the world's first female prime minister.

[@theafricanagenda]

In South Africa we have the 9 August 1956 Women’s March, against racism and dumb pass carrying in Pretoria which is celebrated to this day.

[@maryfogel5817]

Happy Women Day 2021..

[@joshi3334]

Great video! But at 0:51 there's a little mistake in the map. Germany wasn't that big in the east. It had like two arms stretching at the Baltic see and at the border with Austria-Hungary. The area in between was Russian. To the north it was a bit bigger, stretching further into modern day Denmark. And Elsass-Loraine was part of the German Empire as well.

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i wnt to commit seppuku just seeing that map

[@Jeeworth1]

True. Germany looks very wrong on that map.

[@CogitoEdu]

Apologies for the map. I didn't give it the time it deserved due to being in a rush. I will have it fixed for later videos :D Thanks for watching

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The fact that America STILL doesn’t have paid maternity leave is criminal

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Bloody Sunday!

[@poliestotico]

but wait, is it on the 19 or the 8th then?

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ok I just had to get to the 8 minutes mark haha

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First woman in space is now a Putin's war monger

[@iamclau]

Hey, how come there's putin in the list of tzars?!

[@mattk6719]

The USA and USSR granted women the vote for VERY different reasons.

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Watch it with my family today! Happy International Women’s Day, my dear people! 🤍

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Thank you... “The world of humanity has two wings- one is women and the other men, not until both wings are equally developed can the bird fly. Should one wing remain weak, flight is impossible.” ~ ‘Abdu’l-Bahá, Baha'i Faith

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interesting documentary! BTW, Chinese women to this day have the right to abortion without any man having the right to interfere in a woman's decision.

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women

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Todays internatinol womens day

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7:40 Putin are you kidding?

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its on my birthday

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Karina B. Happy birthday 🎁🎉🎂

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Happy late birthday since it was yesterday

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[@umz1828]

Why not international men’s day?

[@DarkZerol]

There already is one. It's on November 19.

[@gamezone047]

@@DarkZerol Does anyone know about it, or celebrate it? Don't think so.

[@X1GenKaneShiroX]

When November 19th 2019 come, also talk about that day as well. Nice video by the way

[@biapac7849]

It has become so politicized that I don't celebrate it anymore

[@MegaGraceiscool]

Dude it's political from the start 😂 women's liberation is an inherently political movement since many cultures don't see women as equal people

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El pepe

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Kabul, tho

[@havanadaurcy1321]

Interesting take, but it isn't for all women. I am a disabled woman, I have been groped and abused and SHUT UP SWEETIE is the response. No, we won't until ALL women are allowed to celebrate.

[@markwhite4474]

Question.. When is it going to be international men's day ?

[@batsbolles]

Everyday is a man’s day. How lucky for you.

[@CogitoEdu]

November 19th, like it is every year.

[@GyroZ804]

@weirdalfanatic2788 whats wrong with it

[@GyroZ804]

@weirdalfanatic2788 and why is that?

[@GyroZ804]

They made it to please women not just for them And women came and feminaze it

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You made me feel better after watching lemurs die

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No hablo ingles

[@thecynicpyro]

Differentiate equality and fairness.

[@rayhonusmanova914]

Есть тут русские которые нечего не понимают

[@BorisKOUKA]

1:32 woman protestation: "maybe don't let's us die in factory" 😂😂😂

[@GyroZ804]

@weirdalfanatic2788 no

[@GyroZ804]

@weirdalfanatic2788 you really are a selfish bitch

[@GyroZ804]

@weirdalfanatic2788 i didnt know nazis still exist Feminazis

[@GyroZ804]

@weirdalfanatic2788 it come to women in destoriying family life And men creat more that they destroy Can you name me a thing men created that doesnt destroy

[@exellerupperexe1godofchaos977]

weirdalfanatic2788 more like music , art , technology, factories, microscope,science,maths ,space science, schools, doctors and many more

[@janea3557]

It was all good and 'historical' until the end when it went with standard neo-feminist's narrative about less payment, not enough representation etc, etc. Pity.

[@kelliliautaud2770]

Why would you not include in the history of Women's Rights the Seneca Falls Convention of 1848? Additionally, it goes back to the Classical era.

[@lordofanime7540]

How can women’s have a women’s day yet men can’t

[@CogitoEdu]

Google International Men's Day. It's every 19th of November

[@kamalkrishnabaral]

7:40

[@AleksandraBenedict]

I didn't know Putin lived hundred years ago and belonged to the Romanov's dynasty. Wanted to show this otherwise great video to my students, but now cannot. Shame

[@julyannesilva3010]

nao

[@luislozano6073]

a shame to America

[@exellerupperexe1godofchaos977]

What about men's achievements?

[@CogitoEdu]

They exist too, yes.

[@exellerupperexe1godofchaos977]

But when ever a man achieve something it is considered a man and woman achievement

[@teresarebstock4401]

@@exellerupperexe1godofchaos977 ???

[@exellerupperexe1godofchaos977]

You see. The first man to land on the moon, was a big achievement, he didn't show off so he can inspire his floe men, but too inspire all people to achieve the impossible, but for the first women to go to space, it was greater than the man achieve, and she did it to inspire her female fellas only, and for women only to achieve the impossible

[@exellerupperexe1godofchaos977]

For women want equal rights with no equal responsibilities For it. Women Don want equality for man and woman They want equality for women only

[@X1GenKaneShiroX]

- Cogito - talked about women’s day which is nice and informative, it’s also a anti-sexism day. When men’s day come in 11/19/2019, I’m gonna be interested about you talking in that subject. Fact is that men commits much more suicides than women, more likely to be homeless, more executed men than women, ect. Very interesting if you look at the different side of things.

[@YTmakesDumbUpdates]

I bet he won't. I'm guessing he wants to pander to the left and push an agenda instead of telling the truth and being harrassed.

[@YTmakesDumbUpdates]

@How bout' you chill stfu. Have men not brought anything to the table worth celebrating? Typical woman throwing a fuss when men want a day. Quit being a bitch and grab a tampon.

[@Treepelt]

Garbage take. Men have had thousands of years of days, they dominated and still to some degree do dominate society. Women deserve and should be celebrated fo this day.

[@GyroZ804]

Why do you say " every day is mens day " ?

[@GyroZ804]

@@Treepelt men have made " (buildings, gone to space, invent technology, religion, descoverd science maths cimstry physics places they've been people they've met) soicty and civilisation were made by men

[@adrianxt9]

Most of these women fought against the opression of women through Marxism, it's not correct to call Kollontai a feminist when she even denounced feminism for leaving capitalism untouched among other reasons. They always said the working woman had more in common with working men than with women of the bourgeoisie.

[@adrianxt9]

And they called it the International WORKING Women Day by the way.

[@CogitoEdu]

I refer to it being a holiday for working women multiple times in the video.

[@alexandrub8786]

In communist romania woman's didn't have the right to have abort until she had 4 children if they wanted or not.sexed wasn't teach in schools and rapist could escape jail sentences if they married the woman who they raped and if she got pragnent and was single she had social presure.

[@GyroZ804]

@weirdalfanatic2788 bullshit Anf you have no prove 😂😂😂

[@GyroZ804]

@weirdalfanatic2788 boming you house ( if you even had one ) is relaxing

[@exellerupperexe1godofchaos977]

9:40 why didn't men get a men's year for being the FIRST HUMAN TO GO TO SPACE AND LAND ON THE MOON?!

[@CogitoEdu]

International Women's Year wasn't created because a woman went to space. It was created to bring attention to unique women's issues that needed to be discussed at the time. International Women's Year was not some reward granted to women. It wasn't some trophy or gift. It was a deliberate campaign to highlight things that women were suffering from. International Men's Year could happen, men control the vast majority of the world's governments, make up the majority of world leaders, billionaires, and military leaders. If they wanted to have a year they could proclaim one. But since men have the majority of global power they don't really need a campaign to highlight their unique issues, since they already have the power to change what they disliked. The only thing stopping many men from combatting their unique issues and suffering is usually other more powerful men.

[@exellerupperexe1godofchaos977]

That’s what I’m talking about !

[@exellerupperexe1godofchaos977]

I’m just saying if women want equality And too be treated like a man they gotta deal with it

[@exellerupperexe1godofchaos977]

It isn’t just for the majorities or the governments to make a special day it is also the decision of the people

[@exellerupperexe1godofchaos977]

Men don’t grumble about what they face They just take it