National Woman's Day was first celebrated in the United States on February twenty eighth, nineteen oh nine. It became an international celebration in nineteen eleven.
A year earlier, a women's rights leader suggested the idea at an International Conference of Working Women in Copenhagen. Clara Zetkin said women around the world should set aside one day every year to protest oppression and inequality for women.
More than one million women and men attended events in Austria, Denmark, Germany and Switzerland during the first International Women's Day in nineteen eleven.
The date for the observation was changed to March eighth in nineteen fourteen in honor of the first organized protest for women's rights. It was on this date in nineteen oh eight that fifteen thousand women marched in New York City to demand better pay, shorter hours and voting rights.
Several countries now celebrate International Women's Day as a public holiday. This includes China, Russia, Bulgaria and Vietnam.
And that's the VOA Special English Development Report, written by June Simms. Transcripts, MP3s and podcasts of our reports are at voaspecialenglish.com. And you can find us on Twitter and YouTube at VOA Learning English. I'm Steve Ember.
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