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1869 British MP John Stuart Mill was the first person in Parliament to call for women's right to vote.
On 19 September 1893 New Zealand became the first country ever to give women the right to vote.
In 1910 a second International Conference of Working Women was held in Copenhagen.
Clara Zetkin (Leader of the 'Women's Office' for the Social Democratic Party in Germany) initiated the though of an International Women's Day.
She proposed that every year in every country there should be a celebration on the same day i.e., a Women's Day.
The first International Women's Day was launched the following year by Clara Zetkin on 19 March and not 8 March.
Marketing strategy adopted for the first International Women's Day 1911 demonstration was word of mouth and press.
Meetings were organized everywhere from small towns to villages halls. The places were so full that male workers were asked to make place for the women.
Men stayed at home with their children for a change while the wives went to meetings.
In the year 1913 International Women's Day was transferred to 8 March and has remained the global date for International Wommen's Day ever since.
International Women's Day is marked as a national holiday in China, Armenia, Russia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Bulgaria, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Macedonia, Moldova, Mongolia, Tajikistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan and Vietnam.
TMA wishes you a Happy Women's Day!
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