Purple has also become the color of International Women's Day.
These famous words were voiced by feminist icon Gerda Lerner, an Austrian-born historian, Nazi survivor and women’s liberation advocate. Lerner’s words were later quoted by President Jimmy Carter in 1980 when he designated March 2-8 as National Women’s History Week.
As part of the month’s celebrations, you will often see flags or emblems with the colors purple, white and green. These choices are not arbitrary, nor are they exclusive to Americans. In countries such as the United Kingdom, women often don these colors to celebrate women’s rights. Below is a 2018 picture of women in London marching in the colors purple, white and green to celebrate the 100th anniversary of women earning the right to vote .
In advance of their suffragette march and rally on June 21, 1908 — also known as Women’s Sunday — the WSPU selected the colors purple, green and white for their organization. Historians say that the choice was made by WSPU member Emmeline Pethick-Lawrence, who was also an author and activist. She chose green for hope, white for purity and violet for loyalty. The letters of these colors also serve as an acrostic for Give Women the Vote .
Gold or yellow had long been associated with the American suffragist cause. The sunflower, Kansas’ state flower, was used frequently by Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony when they were fighting for women’s right to vote in Kansas.
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