Women's History Month

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Women's History Month International women's day is an essential day in our history because we have historic women who rock! In 1910, Clara Zetkin came up with the idea for that day on March 8th. International women's day was for united nations in 1975. Between those years not much happened. The U.N. created an annual theme in the mid-90s for women's day. In 2011, President Obama declared March is women's history month. Three examples of powerful women are Susan B. Anthony, Rosa Parks, and Malala.
Men, their rights, and nothing more; women, their rights, and nothing less.
-Susan B. Anthony This quote by Susan B. Anthony is important because Susan B. Anthony was a believer in the importance of equality between men and women. Susan B. Anthony was born on February 15, 1820. She was born in a quaker family. Susan B. Anthony was in the New York State Women's Rights Committee. She seriously had to vote and when she did,
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-Malala Yousafzai This quote by Malala Yousafzai is important because she changed the world in many different ways. She was born in Pakistan on July 12, 1997. Malala was shot and had brain surgery. In October 2014, she became the youngest person in history to win the Nobel Peace Prize. Malala Yousafzai is still alive today. There is something called Malala day. She started the Malala fund. She will never go to Pakistan because she is a target there. These women are very important because they changed history for everyone in the universe. We need to know these facts because they changed equality and equal rights movement. In the future, what this means for all women is they all have equality. What this also means is that they all treated people the way they wanted to be treated. Rosa Parks let people sit on the bus wherever. Susan B. Anthony told people they don't have to pay a fine and Malala changed the world for many people by starting the Malala

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