March 8th - International Women's Day
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- 1. On March 19, 1911, Austria, Denmark, Germany, and Switzerland celebrated the day. It began being celebrated in many countries during ______.
- 4. It is not officially recognized in the United States, although Congress has been _______, and a resolution was introduced in 1994 but was not adopted.
- 5. International Women's Day became an official holiday after the October Bolshevik ________.
- 8. In some countries, it is celebrated like ________ ____, and children give gifts to mothers and grandmothers. (2 words)
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- 2. The day was mainly celebrated by socialist and _______ countries during the middle years of the twentieth century until it was observed by the United Nations in 1975.
- 3. In 1908, the streets of New York City were filled with 15,000 women marching for better pay, shorter hours, and _______ rights.
- 6. Delegates of 100 women from 17 countries established International Women's Day as a way to promote ______ rights such as suffrage.
- 7. Some countries have more specific traditions as well. For example, in Italy yellow _______(s) are given to women on the day.