So we are getting closer to March 8th. The first spring holiday on the modern calendar.

Let's try to figure out how this holiday came about, on which we, men, have to plunge ourselves into the abyss of women's troubles for one day (thank God, at least one).

March 8. Where did this holiday come from and why?

This holiday has many versions of its appearance.

According to one of them, the tradition of honoring women on this day originated in ancient Rome, when men reluctantly paid their (and not theirs too) wives increased attention and presented them with gifts, and slaves were freed from any work. The citizens of Rome dressed in festive clothes and went to the temple of the goddess Vesta to worship this guardian of the family hearth.

Another version connects this day with the bold and wise act of the wife of the Persian king Xerxes, Esther. A beautiful and wise woman, born into a Jewish family, hid her Jewish roots from her husband and made him swear to protect her people from enemies.

March 8. Where did this holiday come from and why?

This allowed the Jews to avoid the attack of the Persians. And on the 13th of Aydar (according to the modern calendar, the end of February-beginning of March), the Jews, in honor of this event, began to celebrate the holiday of Purim. In 1910, Purim fell on March 8, and at the same time International Women's Day received official status.

The next version has a slightly scandalous connotation, but, nevertheless, it also has a right to exist. On March 8, 1857, the "priestesses of love" from New York organized the first protest and demanded that the authorities pay the salaries of the sailors so that they could pay for the services rendered to them by the "moths". The initiative was taken up by the European "priestesses", and on March 8, 1894, they staged a demonstration in one of the central squares of Paris. Their demands were the recognition of their rights on an equal basis with other working ladies and the organization of a trade union. A year later, a wave of similar performances returned to the United States and swept across Chicago and New York.

In 1910, prostitutes demonstrated in Germany led by Clara Zetkin and Rosa Luxemburg.

March 8. Where did this holiday come from and why?

Their main demand was to stop the atrocities of the German police, which behaved rather rudely with women who were selling their bodies.

In the USSR, the description of these events, of course, was corrected and called "priestesses of love" ordinary workers who are fighting for their rights in the harsh world of capitalism.

The official and generally accepted version of the appearance of Women's Day leads us to March 8, 1908. On this day, the Women's Social Democratic Organization of New York called on women to take to the streets and support the demands for equal rights for women. Almost 15,000 women marched through the city, demanding a shorter working day, fair wages on an equal basis with men and the right to participate in elections. In 1909, the American socialists of the USA declared the last Sunday of February as Women's Day and achieved its official status. This holiday lasted 4 years.

In Europe, on March 19, 1911, for the first time, International Women's Day was simultaneously celebrated in four countries: Denmark, Germany, Austria and Switzerland, timed to coincide with the day of the Prussian spring revolution of 1848. In 1914, Women's Day was celebrated on March 8 at the same time in 6 European countries, and it so happened that the date was no longer tied to Sundays, setting the 8th of March as the holiday.

In our country, for the first time, Women's Day was celebrated on February Sunday 1913, when the women of Russia expressed solidarity with the working women of Europe. In 1921, March 8, already in the Soviet Union, became the official International Women's Day, and in 1965 it also became a day off, which had a very positive effect on this holiday, since it lost all its clearly feminist coloring, becoming just the first spring celebration of the year. ...

But we love (And where to go? We have to ....) this day is not for the struggle for women's rights, not for the first spring tulips and mimosa, which we bring as a gift to our women in the morning, not for our grumbling while cleaning the house and standing in the kitchen at the stove, thank God, only one day a year, not at the festive table at the end of all this torment, but simply because we love our dear women.

Happy holiday, loved ones !!!!

March 8. Where did this holiday come from and why?

So we are getting closer to March 8th. The first spring holiday on the modern calendar.

Let's try to figure out how this holiday came about, on which we, men, have to plunge ourselves into the abyss of women's troubles for one day (thank God, at least one).

March 8. Where did this holiday come from and why?

This holiday has many versions of its appearance.

According to one of them, the tradition of honoring women on this day originated in ancient Rome, when men reluctantly paid their (and not theirs too) wives increased attention and presented them with gifts, and slaves were freed from any work. The citizens of Rome dressed in festive clothes and went to the temple of the goddess Vesta to worship this guardian of the family hearth.

Another version connects this day with the bold and wise act of the wife of the Persian king Xerxes, Esther. A beautiful and wise woman, born into a Jewish family, hid her Jewish roots from her husband and made him swear to protect her people from enemies.

March 8. Where did this holiday come from and why?

This allowed the Jews to avoid the attack of the Persians. And on the 13th of Aydar (according to the modern calendar, the end of February-beginning of March), the Jews, in honor of this event, began to celebrate the holiday of Purim. In 1910, Purim fell on March 8, and at the same time International Women's Day received official status.

The next version has a slightly scandalous connotation, but, nevertheless, it also has a right to exist. On March 8, 1857, the "priestesses of love" from New York organized the first protest and demanded that the authorities pay the salaries of the sailors so that they could pay for the services rendered to them by the "moths". The initiative was taken up by the European "priestesses", and on March 8, 1894, they staged a demonstration in one of the central squares of Paris. Their demands were the recognition of their rights on an equal basis with other working ladies and the organization of a trade union. A year later, a wave of similar performances returned to the United States and swept across Chicago and New York.

In 1910, prostitutes demonstrated in Germany led by Clara Zetkin and Rosa Luxemburg.

March 8. Where did this holiday come from and why?

Their main demand was to stop the atrocities of the German police, which behaved rather rudely with women who were selling their bodies.

In the USSR, the description of these events, of course, was corrected and called "priestesses of love" ordinary workers who are fighting for their rights in the harsh world of capitalism.

The official and generally accepted version of the appearance of Women's Day leads us to March 8, 1908. On this day, the Women's Social Democratic Organization of New York called on women to take to the streets and support the demands for equal rights for women. Almost 15,000 women marched through the city, demanding a shorter working day, fair wages on an equal basis with men and the right to participate in elections. In 1909, the American socialists of the USA declared the last Sunday of February as Women's Day and achieved its official status. This holiday lasted 4 years.

In Europe, on March 19, 1911, for the first time, International Women's Day was simultaneously celebrated in four countries: Denmark, Germany, Austria and Switzerland, timed to coincide with the day of the Prussian spring revolution of 1848. In 1914, Women's Day was celebrated on March 8 at the same time in 6 European countries, and it so happened that the date was no longer tied to Sundays, setting the 8th of March as the holiday.

In our country, for the first time, Women's Day was celebrated on February Sunday 1913, when the women of Russia expressed solidarity with the working women of Europe. In 1921, March 8, already in the Soviet Union, became the official International Women's Day, and in 1965 it also became a day off, which had a very positive effect on this holiday, since it lost all its clearly feminist coloring, becoming just the first spring celebration of the year. ...

But we love (And where to go? We have to ....) this day is not for the struggle for women's rights, not for the first spring tulips and mimosa, which we bring as a gift to our women in the morning, not for our grumbling while cleaning the house and standing in the kitchen at the stove, thank God, only one day a year, not at the festive table at the end of all this torment, but simply because we love our dear women.

Happy holiday, loved ones !!!!

March 8. Where did this holiday come from and why?

So we are getting closer to March 8th. The first spring holiday on the modern calendar.

Let's try to figure out how this holiday came about, on which we, men, have to plunge ourselves into the abyss of women's troubles for one day (thank God, at least one).

March 8. Where did this holiday come from and why?

This holiday has many versions of its appearance.

According to one of them, the tradition of honoring women on this day originated in ancient Rome, when men reluctantly paid their (and not theirs too) wives increased attention and presented them with gifts, and slaves were freed from any work. The citizens of Rome dressed in festive clothes and went to the temple of the goddess Vesta to worship this guardian of the family hearth.

Another version connects this day with the bold and wise act of the wife of the Persian king Xerxes, Esther. A beautiful and wise woman, born into a Jewish family, hid her Jewish roots from her husband and made him swear to protect her people from enemies.

March 8. Where did this holiday come from and why?

This allowed the Jews to avoid the attack of the Persians. And on the 13th of Aydar (according to the modern calendar, the end of February-beginning of March), the Jews, in honor of this event, began to celebrate the holiday of Purim. In 1910, Purim fell on March 8, and at the same time International Women's Day received official status.

The next version has a slightly scandalous connotation, but, nevertheless, it also has a right to exist. On March 8, 1857, the "priestesses of love" from New York organized the first protest and demanded that the authorities pay the salaries of the sailors so that they could pay for the services rendered to them by the "moths". The initiative was taken up by the European "priestesses", and on March 8, 1894, they staged a demonstration in one of the central squares of Paris. Their demands were the recognition of their rights on an equal basis with other working ladies and the organization of a trade union. A year later, a wave of similar performances returned to the United States and swept across Chicago and New York.

In 1910, prostitutes demonstrated in Germany led by Clara Zetkin and Rosa Luxemburg.

March 8. Where did this holiday come from and why?

Their main demand was to stop the atrocities of the German police, which behaved rather rudely with women who were selling their bodies.

In the USSR, the description of these events, of course, was corrected and called "priestesses of love" ordinary workers who are fighting for their rights in the harsh world of capitalism.

The official and generally accepted version of the appearance of Women's Day leads us to March 8, 1908. On this day, the Women's Social Democratic Organization of New York called on women to take to the streets and support the demands for equal rights for women. Almost 15,000 women marched through the city, demanding a shorter working day, fair wages on an equal basis with men and the right to participate in elections. In 1909, the American socialists of the USA declared the last Sunday of February as Women's Day and achieved its official status. This holiday lasted 4 years.

In Europe, on March 19, 1911, for the first time, International Women's Day was simultaneously celebrated in four countries: Denmark, Germany, Austria and Switzerland, timed to coincide with the day of the Prussian spring revolution of 1848. In 1914, Women's Day was celebrated on March 8 at the same time in 6 European countries, and it so happened that the date was no longer tied to Sundays, setting the 8th of March as the holiday.

In our country, for the first time, Women's Day was celebrated on February Sunday 1913, when the women of Russia expressed solidarity with the working women of Europe. In 1921, March 8, already in the Soviet Union, became the official International Women's Day, and in 1965 it also became a day off, which had a very positive effect on this holiday, since it lost all its clearly feminist coloring, becoming just the first spring celebration of the year. ...

But we love (And where to go? We have to ....) this day is not for the struggle for women's rights, not for the first spring tulips and mimosa, which we bring as a gift to our women in the morning, not for our grumbling while cleaning the house and standing in the kitchen at the stove, thank God, only one day a year, not at the festive table at the end of all this torment, but simply because we love our dear women.

Happy holiday, loved ones !!!!

March 8. Where did this holiday come from and why?

So we are getting closer to March 8th. The first spring holiday on the modern calendar.

Let's try to figure out how this holiday came about, on which we, men, have to plunge ourselves into the abyss of women's troubles for one day (thank God, at least one).

March 8. Where did this holiday come from and why?

This holiday has many versions of its appearance.

According to one of them, the tradition of honoring women on this day originated in ancient Rome, when men reluctantly paid their (and not theirs too) wives increased attention and presented them with gifts, and slaves were freed from any work. The citizens of Rome dressed in festive clothes and went to the temple of the goddess Vesta to worship this guardian of the family hearth.

Another version connects this day with the bold and wise act of the wife of the Persian king Xerxes, Esther. A beautiful and wise woman, born into a Jewish family, hid her Jewish roots from her husband and made him swear to protect her people from enemies.

March 8. Where did this holiday come from and why?

This allowed the Jews to avoid the attack of the Persians. And on the 13th of Aydar (according to the modern calendar, the end of February-beginning of March), the Jews, in honor of this event, began to celebrate the holiday of Purim. In 1910, Purim fell on March 8, and at the same time International Women's Day received official status.

The next version has a slightly scandalous connotation, but, nevertheless, it also has a right to exist. On March 8, 1857, the "priestesses of love" from New York organized the first protest and demanded that the authorities pay the salaries of the sailors so that they could pay for the services rendered to them by the "moths". The initiative was taken up by the European "priestesses", and on March 8, 1894, they staged a demonstration in one of the central squares of Paris. Their demands were the recognition of their rights on an equal basis with other working ladies and the organization of a trade union. A year later, a wave of similar performances returned to the United States and swept across Chicago and New York.

In 1910, prostitutes demonstrated in Germany led by Clara Zetkin and Rosa Luxemburg.

March 8. Where did this holiday come from and why?

Their main demand was to stop the atrocities of the German police, which behaved rather rudely with women who were selling their bodies.

In the USSR, the description of these events, of course, was corrected and called "priestesses of love" ordinary workers who are fighting for their rights in the harsh world of capitalism.

The official and generally accepted version of the appearance of Women's Day leads us to March 8, 1908. On this day, the Women's Social Democratic Organization of New York called on women to take to the streets and support the demands for equal rights for women. Almost 15,000 women marched through the city, demanding a shorter working day, fair wages on an equal basis with men and the right to participate in elections. In 1909, the American socialists of the USA declared the last Sunday of February as Women's Day and achieved its official status. This holiday lasted 4 years.

In Europe, on March 19, 1911, for the first time, International Women's Day was simultaneously celebrated in four countries: Denmark, Germany, Austria and Switzerland, timed to coincide with the day of the Prussian spring revolution of 1848. In 1914, Women's Day was celebrated on March 8 at the same time in 6 European countries, and it so happened that the date was no longer tied to Sundays, setting the 8th of March as the holiday.

In our country, for the first time, Women's Day was celebrated on February Sunday 1913, when the women of Russia expressed solidarity with the working women of Europe. In 1921, March 8, already in the Soviet Union, became the official International Women's Day, and in 1965 it also became a day off, which had a very positive effect on this holiday, since it lost all its clearly feminist coloring, becoming just the first spring celebration of the year. ...

But we love (And where to go? We have to ....) this day is not for the struggle for women's rights, not for the first spring tulips and mimosa, which we bring as a gift to our women in the morning, not for our grumbling while cleaning the house and standing in the kitchen at the stove, thank God, only one day a year, not at the festive table at the end of all this torment, but simply because we love our dear women.

Happy holiday, loved ones !!!!

March 8. Where did this holiday come from and why?