International Women’s Day is held on March 8th to commemorate strikes on that date in 1857 and 1908 of women garment industry workers agitating for better working conditions and political rights. What political party was the first in the United States to call for a (then National) Women’s Day?
Hint: Though the March 8th date has historical significance, the first National Women’s Day was celebrated on February 28, 1909.
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