March 8 is International Women's Day

Today is International Women's Day. Not that we need to mark a day to celebrate women around the world, but as long as it exists, our feeling is, let's celebrate!
We received a message today from DTBF alert subscriber, Sarah Clark, and we'll share it with you:

Good morning dear women! I wanted to take a moment today to celebrate the courage and strength of Women and also to pass on some information I learned recently about International Women's Day. According to an article in Bay Area Business Woman last month:

International Women's Day (IWD), celebrated annually on March 8, was born
at the turn of the last century - a time of economic and political turbulence.
It is rooted in the movement for women's right to vote and work: women's
strikes for bread and peace at the end of World War I, and the UN Charter declaration
of gender equality as a human right, signed in San Francisco at the end of WWII.
In December 1977, the UN General Assembly adopted a resolution proclaiming a
"United Nations Day for Women's Rights and International Peace."
For women of the world, this day became an occasion to review how far we have come
in our struggle for equality, peace and development. It is also an opportunity
to unite, network and mobilize for meaningful change - locally and globally.

When I lived in El Salvador in the 1990s, there was a women's march every year
on this day. I'm delighted to learn the origin of the day and to know that
San Francisco played a role. Thank you for being loving women in my life! Sarah

For more information, check out the International Women's Day website:
http://www.internationalwomensday.com/

DTBF!
Johanna & Patti