BNF statement- International Women's Day

The Left which has over the years pushed for progressive change, influenced the celebration of this day. It was the activities of labour movements at the beginning of the twentienth Century in North America and Europe which set the ball rolling.

The Socialist Party of America set aside this day in honour of the 1908 garment workers' strike in New York, where women protested against working conditions. As a result, the first National Women's Day was observed in the United States on February 28th, 1909.