New Members sworn in at March Monthly Meeting

At the March Monthly Meeting which coincided with International Women’s Day, these three women were sworn in as new members of the Boilermakers Lodge 146.

Left to right Sister Rebecca Fisher, Susanna Fisher and Melissa Palmer.

International Women’s Day: is a global holiday celebrated annually on March 8 as a focal point in the women’s rights movement, bringing attention to issues such as gender equality, reproductive rights, and violence and abuse against women. Spurred on by the universal female suffrage movement, IWD originated from labor movements in North America and Europe during the early 20th century.

The earliest version was purportedly a “Women’s Day” organized by the Socialist Party of America in New York City on February 28, 1909.