Maple cage! And a left, left, left, right, left!
Left, left, left, right, left!
Good! And march! March!
We're marching for...
For... Well, because it's fun!
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Today, the friends are having quite a good time marching.
Being together and moving as a group is fun, but they're about to learn that marching sometimes has a different, bigger meaning.
But what is it? Let's find out.
This march is a fun game!
Yeah! Billy says it's not just a game.
Well, of course it is.
See, we're playing and having fun.
And being silly. And tambourine.
Play plus fun plus silly plus tambourine equals game.
This march does seem like a game.
But Billy's right, a march is not always a game.
Darn. Long ago, more than a hundred years ago, a group of women marched together in a way that was definitely not a game.
Maybe they should have tried Gowie's tambourine.
Yeah! Well, these women didn't want to play a game.
They were marching together to express their demands.
To the hands? Like holding the hands of a friend?
No, the word is demands.
Demands. It means to ask strongly for what you want and say it must happen.
Demands! What did the marching women demand?
They wanted to be treated fairly.
How? Well, at that time, women were not allowed to vote, which means they couldn't help to choose leaders or decide what rules to have in their communities.
But that's not fair!
Women should have been allowed to vote, too!
Yes, that was a problem.
And they had another problem when they went to work.
Oh, no! They weren't getting the right amount of money for all their hard work.
Instead, they were only given a tiny bit of money, even though they had to work all day long.
But that's not fair!
You're right. It's not fair.
Elliot, you sound angry.
And I think some of the women were angry about this, too.
Why didn't they tell somebody?
Yeah! Well, that's the problem.
Huh? Nobody was listening.
This makes me so mad.
It's like they were stuck.
What could they even do if nobody was listening to them?
I know what I would do.
Me too. Me, three. What else besides yelling could they do?
do when nobody was listening.
Lingo Kids listeners, do you have any ideas?
They could march! Yep!
That's exactly why they had to march.
Because nobody was listening.
Instead of using their voices, they used their feet!
They did! and it was a brave thing to do.
Did their march work?
Well, it took a long time, but yes, eventually they did get the right to vote.
Yay! And work got better, too.
That's good. Yes, marching was a way for the women to get their voices heard, even when others didn't really want to listen.
I think I would like to check out a march like that.
You might be happy to learn that something like that march still goes on today.
It does? Yes, it changed a bit.
Yes, Billy, it's called International Women's Day.
International Women's Day!
That's right. International Women's Day is a holiday in some places.
Ooh! And on this day, people give women flowers, learn about their accomplishments, or just say thank you.
It's also a time to continue fighting for women's rights.
Flowers, thank yous, and fighting?
That's a lot of different ways to celebrate International Women's Day.
Well, I know how I'm going to celebrate.
March! Ready to march?
My feet are already tapping.
I have my tambourine.
Left, left, left, right, left Left, left, left, right, left Lingo Kids listeners, thank you for coming together to talk about International Women's Day Which is on March 8th And marching We learned that long ago, women march to demand their rights and get treated fairly.
On International Women's Day, people all over the world take time to celebrate women and to continue demanding their rights.
Do you know any women who have done something wonderful?
Thank you.
