A WORDSEARCH FOR INTERNATIONAL WOMEN'S DAY



2011 marks the centenary of International Women's Day, although it was not celebrated on 8th March for its first two years.  The Day honours women everywhere.



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International Women's Day
suffragette
vote
March
equal opportunities
equal pay
purple
Emmeline Pankhurst
mimosa blossom
Clara Zetkin
celebration
centenary



Notes:

Suffragette - the suffragettes were women who campaigned for the right to vote at the end of the nineteenth and beginning of the twentieth centuries in Britain.

A British suffragette, c.1910
Image: Wikipedia

Purple - one of the colours that the suffragettes adopted for their campaign.  It symbolised dignity.  The other two colours used were green and white.

Emmeline Pankhurst [1858 - 1928] - leader of the suffragette movement in Britain.

Emmeline Pankhurst, c.1913
Image:  Wikipedia

Mimosa blossom - in Italy mimosa flowers are a symbol of International Women's Day.

Clare Zetkin [1857 - 1933] - a German socialist and campaigner for women's rights.  International Women's Day was her idea.







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