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Yes! The International Women’s Day was born in conditions of social convulsion and social crisis, therefore inheriting all the features of civic activism and outcry. It is to be mentioned that the working conditions and wages were terrible for women back then (the beginning of the 20th century until 1910). It was only a handful of women, in few industrially developed countries, who could afford having a job with reasonable salary. In any case, any kind of workplace for women was segregated, based on gender peculiarities. It is to say that women only had to work in workshops and factories dealing with manufacturing, textile and other household services, where the conditions were horrible and the salary was even worse. All of this was a base for further advancement. In 1908, oppression against women and severe gender inequality in different spheres of life raised a wave of dissatisfaction among working women in USA, by making them more determined in fighting against the violation of their rights, violence and discrimination based on gender. It also made them strong-minded in uttering their so-often-silenced voice and in alarming about gender equality, and in becoming more active, socially and politically. That same year, 15.000 women marched through the central streets of New York, fighting for better working hours, salary necessary for welfare life, and more importantly: the right to vote.
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