The 1910 Women's Day was organized and supported by women and feminists throughout the country. Later that year, at the International Conference of Socialist Women in Copenhagen, it was proposed that Women's Day become an international event. The notion of international solidarity between the exploited workers of the world, a long-established socialist principle, was largely unrealized. The concept of women organizing politically was controversial as well. Thus, International Women's Day became a worldwide annual event.
Today is an occasion marked by women's groups around the world.
Today is commemorated at the United Nations and is designated in many countries as a national holiday. It is significant in what it represents. Tufts is hardly left out of this equation. The women's studies minor, created in the '80s, had been popular from its beginnings, and the major has proven to be even more popular. It is an opportunity that, although late in coming, has proven to be a changing experience for Tufts.