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 Nature
has not woken up yet, but there is already spring in women's souls. Of course,
the reason is March 8 - the International Women's Day. We got used to receive
presents from men this day, but have you ever thought about the origin of this
holiday? On the eve of March 8 members of the women's club in Kostanay city
recollected its first move.
Few young people remember about Klara Tsetkin, the indomitable fighter
for women's rights, who originated the holiday.
A daughter of a German village teacher, simple Jewish girl Klara
Eisner received good education and could make herself a career, but preferred
to become a revolutionist. She made her decision after meeting Russian social
democrat Osip Tsetkin, who became her husband. Klara was an editor of women's
newspaper " Equality", fought for women's suffrage and equal rights
with men. At the International Conference of Women Socialists organized in Copenhagen
in 1910 she introduced a motion to declare March 8 to be the International Day
of fight for women's rights.
This subject is still topical and the members of the women's club
showed their interest in it. The meeting was concluded with a discussion of
Boris Sandler's stories in which he tells about life of a Jewish family, traditions
in modern interpretation, and a Jewish woman. The stories written with humour
were to women's liking.
Lidiya Kazakevitch
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