History (8 March 2021)
International Women’s Day was first observed in the United States on February 28 1909, which the Socialist Party of America dedicated in honor of the 1908 garment workers’ strike in New York where women protested against poor working conditions. In 1917, women in Russia chose to protest and strike under the slogan “Bread and Peace” on the last Sunday in February (which fell on 8 March on the Gregorian calendar). Their movement ultimately led to the enactment of women’s suffrage in Russia.After that 8 March was declared as International Women’s Day.
The 2021 UN theme for International Women’s Day is “Women in leadership: Achieving an equal future in a COVID-19 world”, highlighting the impact that girls and women worldwide had as health care workers, caregivers, innovators, and community organizers during the Covid Pandemic.
The hashtag will be #IWD2021 and #InternationalWomensDay
Quotes
Here’s to strong women: May we know them. May we be them. May we raise them.” –Unknown
“To tell a woman everything she cannot do is to tell her what she can.” –Spanish Proverb
“Well-behaved women rarely make history.” –Eleanor Roosevelt
“A charming woman doesn’t follow the crowd; she is herself.” –Loretta Young
“The best protection any woman can have is courage.” –Elizabeth Cady Stanton
“Where there is a woman, there is magic.” –Ntozake Shange
“You were given this life because you are strong enough to live it.” –Unknown
“Women are the largest untapped reservoir of talent in the world.” –Hillary Clinton
“A girl should be two things: Who and what she wants.” –Coco Chanel
“She wasn’t looking for a knight. She was looking for a sword.” –Atticus
There’s nothing a man can do that I can’t do better and in heels.” –Ginger Rogers
“Above all, be the heroine of your life. Not the victim.” –Nora Ephron
“Girls should never be afraid to be smart.” –Emma Watson
“Life is tough, my darling, but so are you.” –Stephanie Bennett-Henry
“A strong woman looks a challenge in the eye and gives it a wink.” –Gina Carey
“Your life isn’t yours if you constantly care what others think.” –Unknown
“If you have a dream, make it a goal.” –Unknown
“Sometimes it’s the princess who kills the dragon and saves the prince.” –Samuel Lowe
“Little girls with dreams become women with vision.” –Unknown.
“If you obey all the rules, you miss all the fun.” –Katherine Hepburn
“She believed she could, so she did.” –Unknown
“We realize the importance of our voice when we are silenced.” –Malala Yousafzai
“If you have knowledge, let others light their candles in it.” –Margaret Fuller
“Sometimes it takes balls to be a woman.” –Unknown
“A successful woman is one who can build a firm foundation with the bricks others have thrown at her.” –Unknown
“If you want something said, ask a man. If you want something done, ask a woman.” –Margaret Thatcher
“A woman with a voice is by definition a strong woman. But the search to find that voice can be remarkably difficult.” –Melinda Gates
“We all have a ‘Wonder Woman’ inside of us.” –Unknown
“I can and I will. Watch me.” –Carrie Green
“There is no force more powerful than a woman determined to rise.” –W.E.B. Dubois
“The most beautiful thing a woman can wear is confidence.” –Blake Lively
“A man’s got to do what a man’s got to do. A woman must do what he can’t.” –Rhonda Hansome
“I want every girl to know that her voice can change the world.” –Malala
“Nothing can dim the light which shines from within.” –Maya Angelou
“Females are strong as hell.” –The Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt
“Real queens fix each other’s crowns.” –Unknown
“There is no limit to what we, as women, can accomplish.” –Michelle Obama
“There is nothing stronger than a broken woman who has rebuilt herself.” –Hannah Gadsby
“Some of us are becoming the men we wanted to marry.” –Gloria Steinem
“No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.” –Eleanor Roosevelt
