The first International Women's Day was celebrated in 1909 in the United States of America at the initiative of the Socialist Party of America. In 1910, at the International Women's Conference in Copenhagen, Denmark, Gertrud Zentner, leader of the German social democratic women's movement, proposed an International Women's Day to raise issues of women's civil and political rights.

The first International Women's Day was celebrated in 1911 in Austria, Denmark, Germany and Switzerland. Women took to the streets to draw attention to the issues they faced in their countries, such as the right to vote, equal opportunities and the fight for labor rights.

Subsequently, the holiday began to be celebrated in many countries of the world and received official status in some of them. In 1975, the United Nations declared March 8 as International Women's Day.

In Russia, March 8 began to be celebrated in 1913, but the holiday was banned after the October Revolution. In the USSR, it was restored in 1917 and became an official holiday. Currently, Women's Day is one of the most popular holidays in Russia, celebrated as a day of spring and beauty, and is associated with congratulations and gifts for women.