March 8th recognizes International Women's Day.
This historical date brings women all across the world in celebrating their achievements in politics, cultures, economics, women's rights, as well as social and gender parity. The theme for 2021's commemoration is "Choose To Challenge."
This event has been celebrated for over 100 years! According to, Good Housekeeping's website, "International Women’s Day has a rich history dating back 108 years — the first glimpse of it was in 1909 when the Socialist Party of America celebrated 15,000 women who protested long work hours, low pay, and the lack of voting rights in New York City." Since then, women have continued to demonstrate their value to our civilization and to achieve recognition.
Library of Congress salutes International Women's Day (click on image below to enter the site.)
Philadelphia Library Company's Exhibit (click on image below to enter the site.)
Surprising History facts from History.com can be found here.
From The United Nations facts called, "Did you know?"
- Nearly 60 per cent of women around the world work in the informal economy, earning less, saving less, and at greater risk of falling into poverty.
- Women earn 23% less than men globally.
- Women occupy only 24% of parliamentary seats worldwide.
If you are a CHC Student with the following majors listed below, you will find many resources to research this topic.
Check the library site for links for Political Science, History, Global Affairs, Women's Studies, International Business, Language, and Culture majors.
We have created a page dedicated to women called. "Women’s Suffrage and Voting in the U.S."
If you search on the topic "International Women’s Day" in Logue's Catalogue, you will get 240 results that present 179 eBooks and 55 Print Books. Additionally, the EBSCO Database has at least 49,000 articles for you to review.
If you search on the topic "Women’s Right's" in Logue's Catalogue, you will get 3,690 results that present 2,970 eBooks and 687 Print Books. Additionally, the EBSCO Database has at least 524,190 articles for you to review.
Books on this topic...
Women's Rights
Women's rights are human rights
Videos on this topic...
INTERNATIONAL WOMEN'S DAY - 8 March 2021 - Theme
Can you answer the riddle on this video below? See if you get it right.
Is gender equality in the workplace still an issue? We ran an experiment with 22 people, all trying to solve the same riddle, and recorded their surprised responses. Watch the video to find out the answer! #IWD2020 #EachforEqual
For International Women's Day 2021 and beyond will you #ChooseToChallenge?
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Thank you to the following Logue Librarians with helping me with this blog:
Mary Jo Larkin, SSJ Dean of Library & Information Resources and Gail Cathey, Print Resources/ Access Services Librarian with editing and research for this blog.
Posted by J. Presley, Systems Management Librarian.
3 comments:
Wonderful Blog! International Women's Day is a day to honour all the women have gone through over the years to achieve the current state of independence they have. We bring women's day virtual celebration activities to celebrate this event with colleagues.
International Women’s day is all about encouraging women and commemorating their achievements. With some corporate continuing to operate remotely, appreciating women for their contributions and efforts is made possible with virtual women's day celebration ideas.
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