International Women's Day

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I am going to start by letting everyone know that my server has been down since Tuesday morning, so if you have been trying to get on my website or email me, sorry...hopefully it will be back up today sometime.

I might just take today off and celebrate International Women's Day which is on March 8th. Here's a few facts about this wonderful day:

• The inital stimulus for a Women's Day came from New Zealand in 1893, as they were the first country in the world to give Women the right to vote


• The first International Women's Day occurred on March 19th, 1911 after Clara Zetkin (Leader of the 'Women's Office' for the Social Democratic Party in Germany) proposed the idea of celebrating a "Women's Day" (the year before) to show support for women's demands
• Word of mouth helped spread International Women's Day across the world (of course we are great at word of mouth right?!)
  
• Meetings were organized in towns and villages everywhere...men stayed at home to take care of the kids (Freedom at Last!)
  
• Check out http://www.internationalwomensday.com/ for more great info

Here's a great event happening in Calgary (the website lists 119 for Canada, check them out):

Date:
05 March 2009
Time:
17:30 - 20:30
Event:
International Women's Day celebration and potluck
About:
Please join the Women's Centre of Calgary and the Women's Committee of the Calgary District Labour Council, for our annual International Women�s Day celebration and potluck
Venue:
301 - 10 Street, Calgary, Alberta
Organization:
Women's Centre of Calgary: women supporting communities, communities supporting women

Here in Airdrie, March 8th is the Bridal Showcase which I will host a table at, as well as model my wedding dress! If any of my readers are interested in wearing their wedding dress again, give me a call...I will give you a little treat if you volunteer!

You Are Amazing Women, Go Out and Celebrate!

Beijos,

Tricia