Document Type
Article
Publication Date
8-18-2011
Abstract
How do we celebrate women in a world in which male domination is the rule? Indeed, can we celebrate women when the category “woman” has exploded? This paper compares two different secular holidays: International Women’s Day (IWD) and Mother’s Day in its French and U.S. incarnations. While both holidays have tortuous histories, used and abused, I argue that the former can be, and has been (re)claimed by feminists around the world as a holiday with potential positive impact for women and feminism, whereas the latter is irremediably beyond redemption and antagonistic to women’s interests.
Repository Citation
Ezekiel, J.
(2011). Celebrating Women: From Mothers Day to International Women’s Day. Sanhati (8).
https://corescholar.libraries.wright.edu/womenst/2
