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.

International Women's Day.pdf (3.26 MB)

Women in the Russian revolution.

Women and communal strikes in the crisis of 1917-1922 - Temma Kaplan

An article on women's pivotal role in Russia, Italy, Spain and Mexico during the revolutionary wave…

Barcelona women protest at the cost of essentials, 1918

Female consciousness and collective action in Barcelona - Temma Kaplan

Article on women's protests in Spain between 1910 and 1918, which had many similarities to those…

International Women's Day - Alexandra Kollontai

First published in 1920, this essay traces the history of international women's day and its importance to working class struggle with particular…

The Everyday Lives of Parisian Women and the October Days of 1789 - David Garrioch

'The men are holding back, the men are cowards . . . we will take over' On 5 October 1789 thousands…