Women's Day..Why March 8th

"Happy women's day"... this is what i hear every where today. wondering why only today why march 8th ...here goes the answer.....
According to <> edited by AngelaHoward Zophy (1990): "In 1977 the schools of Sonoma County,California, designated March as Women's History Month as a means ofraising awareness of women's history and encouraging its integrationinto the public and post-secondary curriculum..." (p287) This reference is found in the article about International Women's Day,which was inspired by a demonstration on March 8, 1857, of women garment and textile workers; the article continues on with adiscussion of the history of International Women's Day.

Every one out there "Happy women's day"