The Doctor's House Celebrates International Women's Day
This March 8th in historic Kleinburg, The Doctor's House will again be celebrating International Women's Day with a grand 3-course dinner, preceded by a brief lecture on the historic meaning of the day and topped off with a champagne toast.
Vaughan, Canada, February 19, 2007 --(PR.com)-- Just what is International Women's Day on March 8 all about? Among other relevant historic events, it commemorates a New York factory fire in 1911, where over 140 women lost their lives.
The idea of having an international women's day was first put forward at the turn of the 20th century amid rapid world industrialization and economic expansion that led to protests over women's working conditions. Women from clothing and textile factories staged one such protest on 8 March 1857 in New York City. The garment workers were protesting what they saw as very poor working conditions and low wages. The protesters were attacked and dispersed by police. These women established their first labor union exactly two years later.
More protests followed on 8 March in subsequent years, most notably in 1908 when 15,000 women marched through New York City demanding shorter hours, better pay and voting rights.
Women's Day in Canada
March 8 remains an official holiday in many East European and Asian countries and is observed by men giving the women in their lives - mothers, wives, girlfriends, colleagues, etc., flowers and small gifts. In some countries it is also observed as an equivalent of Mother's Day, where children also give small presents to their mothers and grandmothers.
The Doctor's House in Kleinburg would like to be part of the propagation of this event in Canada. "We are an historic site," says Marc Graci, The Doctor's House General Manager. "It seems fitting to host this celebration here. We find it important to mark the economic, political and social achievements of women. We would like to do our part to show sympathy and love to the women around us. At the Doctor's House, we do this by hosting a very special annual dinner to which all are welcome."
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The idea of having an international women's day was first put forward at the turn of the 20th century amid rapid world industrialization and economic expansion that led to protests over women's working conditions. Women from clothing and textile factories staged one such protest on 8 March 1857 in New York City. The garment workers were protesting what they saw as very poor working conditions and low wages. The protesters were attacked and dispersed by police. These women established their first labor union exactly two years later.
More protests followed on 8 March in subsequent years, most notably in 1908 when 15,000 women marched through New York City demanding shorter hours, better pay and voting rights.
Women's Day in Canada
March 8 remains an official holiday in many East European and Asian countries and is observed by men giving the women in their lives - mothers, wives, girlfriends, colleagues, etc., flowers and small gifts. In some countries it is also observed as an equivalent of Mother's Day, where children also give small presents to their mothers and grandmothers.
The Doctor's House in Kleinburg would like to be part of the propagation of this event in Canada. "We are an historic site," says Marc Graci, The Doctor's House General Manager. "It seems fitting to host this celebration here. We find it important to mark the economic, political and social achievements of women. We would like to do our part to show sympathy and love to the women around us. At the Doctor's House, we do this by hosting a very special annual dinner to which all are welcome."
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Gina Hartly
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www.thedoctorshouse.ca
Gina Hartly
905 893 1615 ext 242
www.thedoctorshouse.ca
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