105 years ago today, 15,000 women marched in New York City to demand better working conditions, the right to vote and shorter work hours. Today marks the day of achievement's women have had throughout the world. The goal this year is towards global equality. Pictured here, women (mainly textile workers) demonstrating on International Women's Day shortly after the establishment of a provisional government in Feb. 1917, in St. Petersburg, Russia.
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