On March 8 we celebrate International Women's Day, which is a good opportunity to show respect, appreciation and love towards women as well as a good moment to feel happy for their economic, political and social achievements, which were difficult to get. Sadly enough, it can also be a good day to remember those women who lack the rights we enjoy nowadays.
In class we will learn about the important role women played during the American Civil War, which is directly related to The Red Badge of Courage, our reader this term.
In addition to that, this will be our online corner for you to post a comment related to this day and what it means to you. Bear in mind that anything will be welcome: a sentence, a poem, the name of an important woman and the reason why you mention her, a thought, a feeling . . .
Have a good day!
hello I am jenifer!!
ReplyDeleteone of the most important suffragette is
Olimpia de Gouges in france(1748-1793)
Hello! I am Virginia.
ReplyDeleteOn March 8 of 1857 in a textil factory, died many women in New York because they organized a strike for fighting for their humans and working conditions.
Hello I am Juan Manuel.
ReplyDeleteThe International Day of the Woman celebrated for the first time the 19 march of 1911 in Germany, Austria, Denmark and Switzerland, with political meeting with more than one million persons, they demanded the right of vote to the womens and public jobs, the right to the work, and the no labor discrimination.
Hello I am Antonio Sánchez
ReplyDeleteKatherine Wilson Sheppard (10 March 1847 – 13 July 1934) was the most prominent member of New Zealand's women's suffrage movement, and is the country's most famous suffragette
Hello! I am Maria Barea.
ReplyDeleteThe most famous act associated with the Suffragettes was at the June 1913 when Emily Wilding Davison threw herself under the King's horse and she died.