03/08/2026
In 1922, the leader of the Soviet Union, Vladimir Lenin, declared March 8th to be International Working Women’s Day. The other socialist countries of the world embraced the holiday as a way of celebrating the women who play such an important role in society not only as homemakers and mothers, but as industrial workers, educators, farmers, medical professionals, scientists, and revolutionaries.
In the United States of America, March 8th is not officially observed as International Working Women’s Day, but it is still an opportunity for us to celebrate and learn about the revolutionary role women have played in our society. Without women like Betsy Ross or Katherine Johnson, America couldn’t have freed itself from the British crown or become a technologically advanced society.
All social progress in America has been driven largely by women. The right to work, right to vote, to become educated, to drive a car, and to earn equivalent wages to men, are some of the rights secured by the militant struggles of everyday American working women. As basic as those rights may seem today, it’s important not to forget those who struggled and even died for these rights. It’s our turn now to drive history forward and away from capitalist exploitation.
