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Star Simpson
@starstar.bsky.social

It wasn’t just striking from work—participating women also did no housework that day. On the other hand, the Icelandic father role is not like the American father role in very many ways.

Star Simpson
@starstar.bsky.social

Among other things, Icelandic women have broadly always worked, as well — there isn’t really the concept of a housewife/SAHM, even to this day. Also families don’t work in the nuclear American way. So the balance of childcare was never based on quite so lopsided a gender split.

Snowjob
@snowjob.bsky.social

I was visiting last year during the anniversary! All women still are encouraged to take the day off work or leave for the start of the strike and go to events commemorating it.

Mike 🍁
@thewarrenisempty.bsky.social

More people should learn labour history in general The Battle of Blair Mountain, Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire, the Haymarket Affair and the history of May Day... It's all the same fight