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For over a century International Women’s Day has been celebrated around the world on March 8 as a day to recognize the social, economic, cultural and political achievements of women.
From The San Diego Union, Tuesday, March, 9, 1971:
International Women’s Day Marked
International Women’s Day is 61 years old yesterday and feminists here made notations in the margins of history to commemorate the event at the downtown YWCA.
“How many of us with college degrees would recognize the names Mercy Otis Warren, Anna Ella Carrol, Harriet Tubman and Mother Jones?” Sherry Smith asked the women who sat cross-legged on overstuffed pillows.