International Women's Day

I stole the first part of this blog from Jamie's site - she explains Women's Day, and I didn't know any of this information... You can find Jamie's site in my list of blogs to the right.  Her's is titled "From Normal to Hungary"

"Happy International Women's Day! Actually it is on the 8th, but that being Sunday, we celebrate today.  Women's Day started in 1909 by the Socialist Party of America and was a way to bring light to the politica, social, and economic achievements of women, as well as the challenges they faced. For example it came to commemorate the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire and promoted voting rights and decent working conditions, and was used as a platform for peace marches during wars, etc. The day dwindled in the '20s, but was revived by a wave of feminism in the '60s. A Soviet feminist eventually persuaded Lenin that the day should be a national holiday to mark the achievement, patriotism, and efforts of Soviet women. And as Soviet Russia went, so did the rest of the socialist world.  Although originally highly political, the day eventually lost this feeling and became a day for men to honor the women in their lives--giving flowers, small gifts, and cards--similar to Mother's Day. Some countries have attempted to ban the celebration of IWD due to its Socialist roots (Czech Republic) by introducing Mother's Day. Although this new day was embraced, celebrations of IWD still often occur on March 8."

The reason I'm writing about this is because I had some random flowers on my doorstep this morning.  I don't know who they are from, but what a concept...