https://padlet.com/grillochiara3/7xjw6j26ort9 Realizzato con un pizzico di ingegno en-us 2018-02-22 11:21:57 UTC 2019-03-14 07:59:38 UTC hello@padlet.com grillochiara3 https://padlet.com/grillochiara3/7xjw6j26ort9/wish/339888099 THE TRAGEDY OF THE ROGO- No women burnt in the factory, therefore. This hoax on the origins of the 'International Women's Day' would indicate March 8 as a date to commemorate the historic burning of a shirt factory in New York, in which hundreds of workers would have died. A misunderstanding that probably stems from a real tragedy, however, occurred on March 25, 1911, when a fire in a Big Apple factory killed 146 workers, including 123 women (mostly immigrants of Italian origin).

But when and by whom was the 'International Women's Day' officially announced? The credit goes to the UN that on December 16, 1977 proposed to each member country to declare a day a year as "United Nations Day for the Rights of Women and for International Peace". Many countries chose March 8, precisely because the anniversary was already celebrated that day. The General Assembly of the United Nations thus decided and made official on March 8th as the anniversary of the 'International Women's Day'.]]> 2019-03-11 11:38:06 UTC https://padlet.com/grillochiara3/7xjw6j26ort9/wish/339888099 grillochiara3 https://padlet.com/grillochiara3/7xjw6j26ort9/wish/339889111 To find out we have to go back almost 70 years and get to 1946, when two women registered with UDI (Union of Italian women), Rita Montagnana (wife of Palmiro Togliatti, Italian politician) and Teresa Mattei, proposed to adopt this flower as a symbol of Women's Day.

The decision was put to a vote and the UDI women unanimously voted for this flower. Beautiful and unusual, the mimosa is the only flower that blooms in March and is cheap, so it can be given by everyone (although, really, on the day of Women's Day the prices of mimosa bouquets increase a lot!).

What were the other flowers in the race? Anemones and carnations, arrived respectively at the second and third place. Mimosa also won for its characteristics: it is a flower that manages to grow, despite its apparent fragility, even on difficult terrain. Perfect to represent the figure of the woman!

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The cut mimosas last very little but with the right care (two drops of lemon in clear water and lots of light) they can last longer.]]> 2019-03-11 11:41:20 UTC https://padlet.com/grillochiara3/7xjw6j26ort9/wish/339889111 grillochiara3 https://padlet.com/grillochiara3/7xjw6j26ort9/wish/339892828  Women have always had to fight doubly. They always had to carry two weights, private and social. Women are the vertebral column of societies.]]> 2019-03-11 11:51:42 UTC https://padlet.com/grillochiara3/7xjw6j26ort9/wish/339892828 grillochiara3 https://padlet.com/grillochiara3/7xjw6j26ort9/wish/341195497 Women's Day originated in Stuttgart between 18 and 24 August 1907. Here took place the VII Congress of the Second Socialist International, which was attended by 25 nations. Among the topics dealt with during the Congress, in addition to colonialism and the possible outbreak of a war in Europe, particular attention was paid to the issue of women and to the demand for women to vote. In particular, a resolution was voted in which the socialist parties declared their commitment to fight for the introduction of universal suffrage for women.

A year later, in 1908, the Chicago Socialist Party organized a conference called "Woman's Day" in America, dedicated to women and their miserable working conditions. Following that demonstration, the American Socialist Party organized the first and official day entirely dedicated to women and women's right to vote. It was February 23, 1909. From that day, various demonstrations broke out in the United States, until arriving on November 22, the day in which more than 20 thousand textile workers met on strike in New York. The strike lasted almost a month, until Sunday 27 February.]]> 2019-03-14 07:36:31 UTC https://padlet.com/grillochiara3/7xjw6j26ort9/wish/341195497