March 8, 1909, the United States Chicago, Illinois women workers and the national textile and garment industry workers held large-scale strike and demonstrations, to increase wages, the implementation of 8-hour work system and the right to vote. This is the history of working women first organized mass struggle, which fully demonstrates the power of working women. The fight against the nation and the world at large masses of women in other countries a wide range of sympathy and a warm response, the final victory.
Before the First World War, the war of the shadow of the world, the imperialists attempted to divide a colony. August 1910, in Copenhagen, Denmark held a second international socialist women's congress. The meeting was attended by 17 country representatives, the meeting discussed the main issues are arms expansion and war preparations against imperialism and defending world peace; at the same time also discussed the protection of the rights of women and children, for 8-hour work system and women's suffrage question. Leaders of the meeting well-known German socialist revolutionary, an outstanding communist fighter Clara Zetkin initiatives to the annual March 8 as the struggle of women all over the world day by the unanimous support of delegates. From then on, the "38" Women's Day has become the world's fight for women's rights, for the liberation of the holiday.
1911 March 8 for the first International Women's Day.
China in 1922 to commemorate the beginning of 38. Chinese women's first mass Memory 38 Events in 1924 are held at Canton.
December 1949, the Central People's Government Administration Council provide that the annual March 8 as Women's Day. The United Nations from 1975 to celebrate International Women's International Women's Day was started to confirm the general fight for women's equal participation in society tradition. 1977 General Assembly adopted a resolution that calls on each country in accordance with its own history and national traditions and customs, the selected year on a certain day for the United Nations Women's Rights and the World Day of Peace. For the United Nations, International Women's Day scheduled for March 8.
3月8日是国际劳动妇女节，又称三八节、妇女节、三八国际妇女节,是世界各国妇女争取和平、平等、发展的节日。一个世纪以来，各国妇女为争取自身的权利做出了不懈的努力。
1909年3月8日，美国伊利诺斯州芝加哥市的女工和全国纺织、服装业的工人举行规模巨大的罢工和示威游行，要求增加工资、实行8小时工作制和获得选举权。这是历史上劳动妇女第一次有组织的群众斗争，充分显示了劳动妇女的力量。斗争得到全国乃至世界其他国家妇女群众的广泛同情和热烈响应，最后取得了胜利。
第一次世界大战前,战争的阴影笼罩着世界，帝国主义企图瓜分殖民地。1910年8月，在丹麦首都哥本哈根召开了国际社会主义者第二次妇女代表大会。出席会议的有17个国家的代表，会议讨论的主要问题是反对帝国主义扩军备战，保卫世界和平；同时还讨论了保护妇女儿童的权利，争取8小时工作制和妇女选举权问题。领导这次会议的著名德国社会主义革命家、杰出的共产主义战士克拉拉·蔡特金倡议，以每年的3月8日作为全世界妇女的斗争日，得到与会代表的一致拥护。从此以后，“三八”妇女节就成为世界妇女争取权利、争取解放的节日。
1911年的3月8日为第一个国际劳动妇女节。
我国于1922年开始纪念三八节。中国妇女第一次群众性的纪念三八节活动是1924年在广州举行的。
1949年12月，中央人民政府政务院规定每年的3月8日为妇女节。联合国从1975年国际妇女年开始庆祝国际妇女节，确认普通妇女争取平等参与社会的传统。1977年大会通过了一项决议，请每个国家按照自己的历史和民族传统习俗，选定一年中的某一天为联合国妇女权利和世界和平日。对联合国而言，国际妇女节定为3月8日。