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What month and date do countries celebrate International Woman's Day

March 8th

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Who founded International Woman's day?

Clara Zetkin

100

The first woman to win a Nobel Prize, who won the Nobel Prize in Physics. She is also the only woman to have won two Noble Prizes.

Marie Curie

200

Which country made an official to represent International Woman's Day or Independence Woman's Day?

What is Australia

200

The first national woman's day was observed across the united states on __________

February 28th

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She won the Noble Prize in Peace in 1979. She was the leader of missionaries of charity.

Mother Teresa

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What is the history of International Women's Day?


Members of the women's movement in Russia during World War I celebrated the first International Women's Day on March 8, 1913, to peacefully protest the war. A year later, women across Europe held rallies in solidarity on that same date. On March 8, 1917, thousands of women in Petrograd rallied together for "Bread and Peace."

300

International Woman's Day is the story of _____________

Ordinary women as makers of history

300

She won her second Noble Prize this time in Chemistry for the discovery of the elements radium and polonium.

Marie Curie

400

Which country announced March to be Woman's History Month?

United States

400

When women of all continents come together to celebrate their day, they look back to a tradition that represents at least 9 decades of struggles for _______

Equality

400

She won the Nobile Prize in Medicine for her discovery of mobile genetic elements

Barbara McClintock

500

How many events did the United Kingdom have for International Woman's Day

273 events

500

What are the colors of International Women's Day?


Internationally, purple is a color for symbolizing women. Historically the combination of purple, green and white to symbolize women's equality originated from the Women's Social and Political Union in the UK in 1908.

500

She won the Noble Prize in Literature in 2015 for her polyphonic writings, a monument to suffering and courage in our time.

Svetlana Alexievich

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