Wow, first time I’m hearing about the women’s general strike in Iceland 50 years ago, fighting for more equality.
Fun fact: They called it “Women’s Day Off” instead of strike to make it sound more appealing.
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Fifty Years Later, Push For Equality Continues: Remembering The Strike That Stopped The Nation
On October 24, 1975, 90 percent of women all around Iceland went on strike. Twenty-five thousand of them gathered on...
