Holiday March 8

1975: UN proclaimed March 8 as International Women's Day at the suggestion of the USSR delegation

In 1975, when the International Year of Women was held, the United Nations, at the suggestion of the USSR delegation, proclaimed March 8 as International Women's Day.

1965: International Women's Day 8 March declared a non-working day

In 1965, in accordance with the Decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR, International Women's Day on March 8 was declared a non-working day.

1960

In the post-war years, women as mothers began to become more and more important. It is in it that the main force of the beautiful sex is now seen. "May the sacred fire of maternal love rise all over the world against wars, inspire the hearts of all people to fight for peace and friendship, for the bright future of our children, for the triumph of reason and justice!" - wrote Belgorod Pravda on March 8, 1960.

Gradually, the holiday becomes more family-friendly. Children are explained that March 8 is "Mom's Day." This is reflected in the plots of postcards, which it became customary to send to loved ones and give in the family. They most often depict children with bouquets of mimosa or tulips.

1945

"A Soviet woman suffered a lot during the war years. From the memorable June days of 1941, a heavy burden fell on her shoulders. It is not easy to spend on a military campaign of a husband, son, father. It is not easy to remain the head of the family, alone, without a husband to raise children, to take on the work of a man at a factory, on a collective farm. But this had to be done in the name of the Motherland. And the Soviet woman, without hesitation, got down to business. Having blessed our warriors for a mortal battle with the enemy, she replaced men in production and for almost four years has borne the brunt of labor in industry and agriculture.... Ordinary Ural worker Faina Sharunova became a domain master during the war. "Nobody ordered me, nobody put me forward for this case," says Sharunova, "she went. I wanted to do something big for the Motherland. " Similarly, they explain the change that took place in their lives, and women miners, and women who became engine drivers, and women who headed the Stakhanov brigades and plots... " - wrote Izvestia on March 8, 1945. The same issue of the publication published a Decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Council of the RSFSR on awarding mothers with many children with the orders "Maternal Glory" and medals "Medal of Motherhood," established in August 1944.

1943

"In the ranks of active fighters for the liberation of Soviet land from fascist evil spirits, women occupy an honorable place," the Proletarskaya Pravda newspaper writes on March 7, 1943 and names the brave daughters of the country who, at the front and in the rear, shoulder to shoulder with men selflessly defend the freedom and independence of their homeland: military commander Maria Lesovaya, who carried 21 wounded soldiers with weapons from the battlefield in one day, sniper Lyudmila Pavlyuchenko, who destroyed over 300 enemies in the battle for Sevastopol, commander of the aviation regiment of night bombers Evdokia Bershanskaya, nurse Nadezhda Senkina, signalman Olga Pinchuk, driller Anna Rychkova, tractor driver Daria Garmash...

1942

The Great Patriotic War leveled women with men and the obligation to defend their homeland. Many girls and women went to the front. Even more remained to work in the rear for the needs of the Red Army and the victory over the enemy. Overtime shifts at industrial enterprises and hospitals, sowing and harvesting work in the fields, hard work in defense factories - all this with the outbreak of war fell on fragile female shoulders. "Our women do a lot. But their powers are inexhaustible. They grow every day... Help them in every way. Consult with them. To teach them. It is bolder to nominate to leading positions, "- call in the issue of the newspaper" Red Banner "on March 8, 1942.

1931

This is how March 8 is described in the March 1931 magazine Murzilka: "A working club is a holiday for women workers. Report, greetings. Workers perform. Aunt Feklusha said: "Until the age of thirty, I pulled a strap from a merchant in the kitchen, in chad, in the mud. Now at the factory - Lubota!... I worked my own - and a free person. Yes, at least our club. Would they let me into a place in the old time? And we will step over the five-year plan - and not that we will see!.. 'A detachment of pioneers came to the rumble of the drum. The guys lined up on the stage, gave salute, greet the workers-mothers. "

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A poem was published in the same festive issue of Murzilki, which begins with the words: "My mother is a good driver." The topic of women's development of "male professions" coal in industry,, construction at chemical enterprises transport and is becoming more and more relevant, for example, the newspaper "East Siberian Pravda" writes about this on March 8, 1931. And in order to alleviate the "inevitable" female household worries, the forces states and women themselves are organizing children's rooms, "hotbeds" and round-the-clock nurseries that "will help liberate a woman from the household connecting her, as well as free up extra workers for the construction of our national economy."

1930

On March 8, letters were awarded to the most worthy women workers, and poems and articles about their labor successes were published in newspapers. "Every morning a rally ,/By the draft horn ,/You take your blanks/With the skin of your hands./Sing under the external drives ,/Let the excitement of labor burn.../Soviet factories/Soviet March arrived" - such poetic lines of the poet Yevgeny Uralsky were published in the Tyumen newspaper "Red Banner" on March 8, 1930.

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1919: The first year of the International Day of Workers

For the first time in the RSFSR, March 8 was celebrated as an official holiday in 1919. In the early years of Soviet power, it was called "International Day of Workers," and in the 1920s it became known as International Women's Day.

"Today is a holiday of labor, now a holiday of need ,/Step apart, go wider! Next to us are husbands, brothers, sisters, fathers ,/Everyone who craves, who loves freedom... " On March 8, 1919, these poetic lines opened the first page of the Izvestia newspaper of the Tver Provincial Executive Committee of the Council of Workers, Peasants and Red Army Deputies.

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"2 years ago (ed. - in 1917) - February 23 (March 8) St. Petersburg women workers took to the streets of Petrograd shouting: "Peace and bread, with cries, which, being supported by thousands and tens of thousands of workers in St. Petersburg and other cities, plunged the autocratic government to dust," the Izvestia newspaper said in 1919 about the history of the holiday and immediately admitted: "Until now, an employee, returning from work in a factory or in a workshop, must still take care of feeding her husband and children, must wash, repair, watch the children, she has no time to go to a meeting, read a newspaper, and even without being, due to historical conditions, as developed as a man, she, if she goes, she will not immediately understand and understand."

"All at the demonstration!," "All at the delegate meetings!," "All at the rallies!," "Down with the oppression of family life!" - called for newspapers. And the women responded: "The thunder of the revolution struck. The victory of the working class gave the opportunity to straighten the bent back, with us, women, began to reckon. " "When I was sitting at home, I only knew my family and husband. I could not figure it out in life. When I began to attend delegate meetings and conversations, the bandage seemed to fall from my eyes, "the media quoted the words of representatives of the young Soviet state.

No flowers were given to women on March 8 at that time. And the holiday itself was ordinary, working.

1910: The idea of celebrating Clara Zetkin's International Women's Day on the day of the Copenhagen International Conference of Female Workers

The idea of ​ ​ celebrating International Women's Day was announced in 1910. At the Copenhagen International Conference of Female Workers on March 8, at the suggestion of Comrade Clara Zetkin, it was appointed the day of the holiday of female workers of all countries.

See also

• January 1 - New Year
• February 23 - Defender of the Fatherland Day