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March 7, 2018

The Best Signs From 50 Years of Women's Day Protests

By Carolyn Twersky

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Thursday, March 8, marks the 107th official International Women’s Day, and though we’ve taken many important steps toward equality since 1911, there’s still a ways to go. For more than a century, women have been taking to the streets with wooden posts and giant signs, fighting for everything from maternity benefits to the end of violence against women. Before you head out for this year’s marches, get some inspiration from these signs from previous Women’s Day protests all over the world.

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March 8, 1968. Boston. Photo: Boston Globe/Boston Globe via Getty Images
March 6, 1971. London. Photo: Express/Getty Images
March 1, 1973. London. Photo: Keystone-France/Gamma-Keystone via Getty Images
March 6, 2004. Paris. Photo: Elise HARDY/Gamma-Rapho via Getty Images
March 6, 2004. Paris. Photo: Elise HARDY/Gamma-Rapho via Getty Images
March 7, 2004. Manila, Philippines. Photo: JAY DIRECTO/AFP/Getty Images
March 8, 2004. Kathmandu, Nepal. Photo: DEVENDRA M SINGH/AFP/Getty Images
March 8, 2004. Jakarta, Indonesia. Photo: BAY ISMOYO/AFP/Getty Images
March 8, 2004. Chicago. Photo: Tim Boyle/Getty Images
June 3, 2004. London. Photo: Photofusion/UIG via Getty Images
March 8, 2006. Baghdad, Iraq. Photo: KARIM SAHIB/AFP/Getty Images
March 8, 2009. Beirut, Lebanon. Photo: RAMZI HAIDAR/AFP/Getty Images
March 7, 2011. Suzhou, China. Photo: ChinaFotoPress/VCG via Getty Images
March 8, 2013. Kolkata, India. Photo: DIBYANGSHU SARKAR/AFP/Getty Images
March 8, 2013. Cairo, Egypt. Photo: AFP/AFP/Getty Images
March 8, 2013. São Paulo, Brazil. Photo: AFP/AFP/Getty Images
March 8, 2013. Medellín, Colombia. Photo: FREDY AMARILES/AFP/Getty Images
March 7, 2014. Santiago, Chile. Photo: Pablo Rojas Madariaga/Corbis via Getty Images
March 8, 2014. Beirut, Lebanon. Photo: Anadolu Agency/Getty Images
March 8, 2014. Dhaka, Bangladesh. Photo: zakir hossain chowdhury/Corbis via Getty Images
March 8, 2015. Los Angeles. Photo: MARK RALSTON/AFP/Getty Images
March 8, 2015. Los Angeles. Photo: MARK RALSTON/AFP/Getty Images
March 8, 2016. São Paulo, Brazil. Photo: Anadolu Agency/Getty Images
March 8, 2016. Dhaka, Bangladesh. Photo: Barcroft Media/Barcroft Media via Getty Images
March 7, 2017. New York. Photo: NurPhoto/NurPhoto via Getty Images
March 8, 2017. Los Angeles. Photo: Amanda Edwards/Getty Images
March 8, 2017. Chicago. Photo: Anadolu Agency/Getty Images
March 12, 2017. Chicago. Photo: Max Herman/NurPhoto via Getty Images
March 8, 2017. Mexico City. Photo: ALFREDO ESTRELLA/AFP/Getty Images
March 8, 2017. Washington, D.C. Photo: BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI/AFP/Getty Images
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