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International Women's Day: From communist roots to global holiday (+video)

International Women's Day took a long and winding road before the United Nations officially adopted it. Over time, the holiday has taken on many different flavors, from communist protests to lavish gifts to a flowery Google doodle.
In Pictures: Before Occupy Wall Street: American protests
Reader recommendation: Founding Sisters and the Nineteenth Amendment

Monitor readers share their favorite book picks.
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First ladies with the campaign touch: Michelle Obama is just one

Michelle Obama is a Democratic asset on the campaign trail. Which other first ladies have had sharp campaign instincts?
19th Amendment: How far have women in politics come since 1920?

19th Amendment experts suggest that women are finally gaining a measure of the political leverage that the 19th Amendment promised when it gave women the right to vote 90 years ago.
Letters to the Editor

Readers write about separatist provinces, presidential leadership, the Equal Rights Amendment, and cellphones on airplanes.
Clinton speech moves Democrats toward unity, but hasn't clinched it

Her words to the Democratic faithful Tuesday night are a first step, not an end point, toward bringing diehard Clinton fans around to Obama.
Hillary's clout is key at Democratic Convention

If she signals ambivalence, some supporters could stay home this fall.
Grandmother worked hard for the right to vote

A writer remembers her grandmother's stories of being a suffragist.