Happy International Women's Day!

Here you have a couple of interesting links which will

help you to know everything about this day and answer

the questins below.

http://pbskids.org/bigapplehistory/life/topic13.html

http://www.un.org/cyberschoolbus/womensday/index.asp



1. What happened in the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory in Greenwich Village (New York) on March 25th,1911?  

2. How many people died there? Were they mainly men or women?

3. Why were the doors to the fire escapes locked?

4. Why does the United Nations General Assembly dedicate a day exclusively to the celebration of the world's women?

5. Can you come up with any other reasons of your own for celebrating Women's Day?