英语六级必读美文023：国际妇女节
<p> <span word="In">In</span> 1869 <span word="British">British</span> <span word="MP">MP</span> <span word="John">John</span> <span word="Stuart">Stuart</span> <span word="Mill">Mill</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="first">first</span> <span word="person">person</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="Parliament">Parliament</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="call">call</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="womens">womens</span> <span word="right">right</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="vote">vote</span>. <span word="On">On</span> 19 <span word="September">September</span> 1893 <span word="New">New</span> <span word="Zealand">Zealand</span> <span word="became">became</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="first">first</span> <span word="country">country</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="world">world</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="give">give</span> <span word="women">women</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="right">right</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="vote">vote</span>.<span word="Women">Women</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="other">other</span> <span word="countries">countries</span> <span word="did">did</span> <span word="not">not</span> <span word="enjoy">enjoy</span> <span word="this">this</span> <span word="equality">equality</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="campaigned">campaigned</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="justice">justice</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="many">many</span> <span word="years">years</span>.</p><p> 1869年，约翰 密尔是第一个在国会上提出妇女应该有选举的权利的议员0 1893年9月19日，新西兰成为世界上第一个妇女拥有表决权的国家。很长一段时间里，其他很多国家的妇女们并不能够享受到这种公平和参加选举的权利。</p><p> <span word="In">In</span> 1910 <span word="a">a</span> <span word="second">second</span> <span word="International">International</span> <span word="Conference">Conference</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="Working">Working</span> <span word="Women">Women</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="held">held</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="Copenhagen">Copenhagen</span>. <span word="A">A</span> <span word="woman">woman</span> <span word="named">named</span> <span word="Clara">Clara</span> <span word="Zetkin">Zetkin</span> <span word="tabled">tabled</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="idea">idea</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="an">an</span> <span word="hiternational">hiternational</span> <span word="Womens">Womens</span> <span word="Day">Day</span>, <span word="She">She</span> <span word="proposed">proposed</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="every">every</span> <span word="year">year</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="every">every</span> <span word="country">country</span> <span word="there">there</span> <span word="should">should</span> <span word="be">be</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="celebration">celebration</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="same">same</span> <span word="day">day</span>-<span word="a">a</span> <span word="Womens">Womens</span> <span word="Day">Day</span>-<span word="to">to</span> <span word="press">press</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="their">their</span> <span word="demands">demands</span>. <span word="The">The</span> <span word="conference">conference</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="over">over</span> 100 <span word="women">women</span> <span word="from">from</span> 17 <span word="countries">countries</span>, <span word="representing">representing</span> <span word="unions">unions</span>, <span word="socialist">socialist</span> <span word="parties">parties</span> <span word="working">working</span> <span word="womens">womens</span> <span word="clubs">clubs</span>, <span word="and">and</span> <span word="including">including</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="first">first</span> <span word="three">three</span> <span word="women">women</span> <span word="elected">elected</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="Finnish">Finnish</span></p><p> <span word="parliament">parliament</span>, <span word="greeted">greeted</span> <span word="Zetkins">Zetkins</span> <span word="suggestion">suggestion</span> <span word="with">with</span> <span word="unanimous">unanimous</span> <span word="approval">approval</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="thus">thus</span> <span word="Intemational">Intemational</span> <span word="Womens">Womens</span> <span word="Day">Day</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="result">result</span>.</p><p> 1910年，第2次关于劳动妇女的国际会议在哥本哈根举行。一位名叫克拉拉 蔡特金(德国的社会民族党妇女办公室主席)的妇女提交丁关于国际妇女节的议案。她提议，每个国家每年都应该在某一天来庆祝妇女的节日，以便表达她们的要求，参加会议的100多名妇女分别来自17个国家，她们有来自工会的、社会政党的、妇女俱乐部的，其中包括3名被选进芬兰议会的女性，并以一致通过的方式产生了国际妇女节。</p>
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