<P> International Women's Day (IWD) is celebrated on March 8 every year . It is a focal point in the movement for women's rights . </P> <P> After the Socialist Party of America organised a Women's Day on February 28, 1909 in New York, the 1910 International Socialist Woman's Conference suggested a Women's Day be held annually . After women gained suffrage in Soviet Russia in 1917, March 8 became a national holiday there . The day was then predominantly celebrated by the socialist movement and communist countries until it was adopted in 1975 by the United Nations . </P> <P> Today, International Women's Day is a public holiday in some countries and largely ignored elsewhere . In some places, it is a day of protest; in others, it is a day that celebrates womanhood . </P> <P> The earliest Women's Day observance, called "National Woman's Day," was held on February 28, 1909 in New York, organized by the Socialist Party of America at the suggestion of Theresa Malkiel . Though there have been claims that the day was commemorating a protest by women garment workers in New York on March 8, 1857, researchers have described this as a myth . </P>

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