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To help you spread the word and capture the spirit of IWD on March 8, read—and share—this list of 100+ International Women's Day quotes. Related: 150 Feminist Quotes That Celebrate Strong ...
Sojourner Truth's Women’s Rights Convention speech. In 1851, Sojourner, a women's rights activist and abolitionist, gave a speech at the convention, and in 1863 its transcription was re-released.
Oxfam America invited people to celebrate inspiring women in their lives by sending a free International Women's Day e-Card or honoring a woman whose efforts had made a difference in the fight against hunger and poverty with Oxfam's International Women's Day award. [85] On the occasion of International Women's Day 2012, the ICRC called for more ...
She delivered her speech, "Ain't I a Woman?", at the Women's Rights Convention in 1851. Truth questions the treatment of white women compared to Black women. Seemingly pointing out a man in the room, Truth says, "That man over there says that women need to be helped into carriages, and lifted over ditches, and to have the best place everywhere."
National Woman's Day, a predecessor of International Women's Day in the United States; National Women's Day, celebrated in South Africa on August 9; National Women's Day, celebrated in East Timor on November 3; The Combined Holidays of Women's Day and Children's Day, celebrated in Taiwan on April 4; Sepandārmazgān, "Women's Day" or "Nurses ...
Happy International Women's Day from the newsletter that celebrates women year-round. - Hot topic. In an election year State of the Union address last night, President Joe Biden highlighted a key ...
On July 10, 1971, at the founding of the National Women's Political Caucus (NWPC) in Washington, D.C., NWPC co-founder Gloria Steinem delivered an Address to the Women of America. The speech furthered the ideas of the American Women's Movement, and is considered by some to be one of the greatest speeches of the 20th century. [1]
Industry legend and Women in Hollywood honoree Jodie Foster dedicates her acceptance speech to her longtime "partner in crime" and wife Alexandra Hedison.