Portal:Feminism/Selected anniversaries/March

Soviet 8 March poster

March 1918 – First publication of Married Love, an important and influential sex manual by Marie Stopes, a Scottish author, eugenicist, campaigner for women's rights and pioneer in the field of family planning
March 1976 – First Take Back the Night march was held in Belgium by women attending the International Tribunal on Crimes against Women
2 March 1897 – Birth of Shidzue Katō, Japanese feminist who was a pioneer in the birth control movement and one of the first women elected to the Diet of Japan
8 March – International Women's Day (pictured) is a day to celebrate the economic, political, and social achievements of women
28 March 1794 – Marquis de Condorcet, who died during the French Revolution, argued for free and equal public education as well as for equal rights for women and people of all races

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