March 8th - International Women's Day

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  1. 1. On March 19, 1911, Austria, Denmark, Germany, and Switzerland celebrated the day. It began being celebrated in many countries during ______.
  2. 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.
  3. 5. International Women's Day became an official holiday after the October Bolshevik ________.
  4. 8. In some countries, it is celebrated like ________ ____, and children give gifts to mothers and grandmothers. (2 words)
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  1. 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.
  2. 3. In 1908, the streets of New York City were filled with 15,000 women marching for better pay, shorter hours, and _______ rights.
  3. 6. Delegates of 100 women from 17 countries established International Women's Day as a way to promote ______ rights such as suffrage.
  4. 7. Some countries have more specific traditions as well. For example, in Italy yellow _______(s) are given to women on the day.