Women's Day 2017 For Women By Women

By Sun Valley Group's Flower Talk

March 8, 2017 | 2 min to read

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Over the last century, women and men have marched, demonstrated, and protested for women's rights in the workplace, home, and government. Women's Day is a celebration of all that has been accomplished with women's rights, with a nod of respect to the past, and an encouraged look to the future.

When the first Women's Day took place in 1909, women had very few rights. They weren't guaranteed equal protection under the law, they couldn't vote, own property, choose a career, sue or be sued. Since then, things have changed here in the United States — let's look at what women have accomplished in the last year:

In January, Women's Marches were collectively held in over 673 cities, with an estimated 4.9 million participants.
The number of women world leaders—presidents or heads of state—have more than doubled by last year, according to the Pew Research Center.
U.S. Women were the biggest winners in the 2016 Rio Olympics.
Movies about or by women in 2016 saw more nominations across the board than ever, including Hidden Figures, The Eagle Huntress, and the Ghostbusters.
An article in Floral Management Magazine, entitled Daughters of the Revolution, revealed that "Nearly 52 percent of managerial or professional positions are now held by women." This shouldn't be surprising — according to Census data, since 1996, young women age 25 to 29 have had higher college attainment rates than young men, and now, the rate of women college graduates in now higher than men. Not only that, more women are getting MBAs, and this generation will be entering the job market as leaders.