ABOUT WOMEN'S DAY USA
Purpose
Women’s Day USA is a
non-profit, non-partisan organization which seeks to establish International Women’s
Day in the United States. Our goal is to raise awareness of women’s
achievements and their struggles for equality by establishing and promoting observation
and recognition of March 8th of every year as “International Women’s
Day”. We also educate the public on the cultural, social and economic diversity
of women’s lives and work to raise the profile of International Women’s Day and
the women’s movement by mobilizing the members of the powerful network of women in
the film and television industry. In celebrating International Women’s Day, it
is our goal to honor women from different walks of life whose accomplishments distinguish
them as exceptional individuals worthy of our praise and admiration. It is our wish
that International Women’s Day on March 8th be recognized and celebrated here in the
U.S., as it already is in so many other nations of the world.
Background
International Women’s Day
has been celebrated around the world for over eighty years, although it has yet to receive
significant attention here in the United States. The holiday was conceived to aid
the international movement for women's suffrage, and more generally to raise awareness of
women's struggles for equality. Today, International Women's Day is celebrated in
most developed countries, filled with special celebrations, activities for schoolchildren,
flowers and tributes to women. For the last few years, Beata Pozniak, the founder of Women’s Day USA, has
worked with the mayor of Los Angeles, Governor of California, and California Congresswoman
Maxine Waters for political recognition of this important day. In 1994, at
Beata’s suggestion, Congresswoman Waters introduced and arranged for passage of the
first bill in the history of the U.S. for national recognition of the holiday (H.J. Res.
316), designating March 8th, 1994 as “International Women's Day”.
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