<P> After the Socialist Party of America organised a Women 's Day on February 28 , 1909 in New York , the 1910 International Socialist Woman 's Conference suggested a Women 's Day be held annually . After women gained suffrage in Soviet Russia in 1917 , March 8 became a national holiday there . The day was then predominantly celebrated by the socialist movement and communist countries until it was adopted in 1975 by the United Nations . </P>
<P> After the Socialist Party of America organised a Women 's Day on February 28 , 1909 in New York , the 1910 International Socialist Woman 's Conference suggested a Women 's Day be held annually . After women gained suffrage in Soviet Russia in 1917 , March 8 became a national holiday there . The day was then predominantly celebrated by the socialist movement and communist countries until it was adopted in 1975 by the United Nations . </P>
when was the first women 's day celebrated
when was the first women 's day celebrated
February 28 , 1909
February 28 , 1909