On the socialist origins of International Women's Day - Temma Kaplan

International Women's Day, St Petersburg 1917

Female textile workers demonstrate on International Women's Day in St Petersburg, 1917

Temma Kaplan explains the origins of International women's day in the workers' movement in the USA, Europe and during the Russian Revolution.

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