![]() ![]() LTU: Let’s begin at the most basic level. UNH Today: This year’s theme is “Be Bold For Change.” What do you see as the key changes still needed for women? The need for protests - and other concentrated efforts to bring about change - has not passed. The idea emerged, I believe, from working women’s protests in the early 20 th century. ![]() LTU: There are always things to celebrate, but I am not sure celebration has been the central focus of International Women’s Day. ![]() Do you have a sense of how much there is to celebrate? ![]() UNH Today: International Women's Day has been described as a time to celebrate women’s economic, political and social achievements. Here at UNH, recalling the steps taken to reach the day that is now celebrated around the world on March 8, we can’t help but think of the words written by Laurel Thatcher Ulrich, ’80 G: “Well-behaved women seldom make history.” We asked her to share her thoughts on International Women’s Day. In 1917, International Women’s Day in Russia had women in Saint Petersburg demanding an end to food shortages and czarism. The history of International Women’s Day was built on the shoulders of those who supported women garment workers in New York City in 1909, and the 100 attendees of a women’s conference in Denmark a year later who wanted to advance equal rights and suffrage for women. ![]()
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