No woman would be where she is today nor have the choice to change or keep that position in life were it not for feminists of the past. Secondly, feminism is important becuase of what is doing for women in the present. It is easy to take the rights we have won for granted, but they may be taken away if we do not continue to fight to keep them. One example of this is the current presidential administration's attempts to undermine Roe V. Wade. Finally, feminism is important because of what it can bring to women in the future.
Women are still behind in many areas in comparision to men.
This includes all ethnicities of women living in the United States as well as women living in other countries. The goal of feminism is to erradicate these inequalities so that women and men can be truly equal. Until these goals are met and it is foreseeable that they will be kept, feminism is indeed an important necessity. To celebrate the rights women of the past fought to bring us, to ensure that we will have them in the future, and to erradicate current inequalities so that in the future total equality will be reached. Typically certain days or months have been set aside to pay respect to groups that have been discrimated against or oppressed in the past.