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Celebrate International Women's Day with International Literature by Women

Posted on March 07, 2018

What's International Women's Day? It's a March 8th holiday with purported roots in both ancient Rome and Soviet Socialism, according to a recent article in Russian Life.

In its modern form, International Women's Day is understood differently by different people. For some, it's a time to give women flowers and "pleasant surprises of the breakfast-in-bed variety"(ibid.) For others, it celebrates women's art, activism, and contributions to public life (See the March 8th bread riots that launched the Russian revolution and the current Twitter feed.) If you're interested in the latter form of the holiday, here's some writing by and about women from Words Without Borders:

To find many other texts, search "women authors" on the "Find" page, or see the blog post "7 Complex Female Characters in International Literature"

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