Witness History: Witness Archive 2015 - Iceland's Women Strike

In October 1975, 90% of all women in Iceland took part in a nationwide protest over inequality. Vigdis Finnbogadottir, later Iceland's first female president, talks about that momentous day.

(Photo Credit: The Icelandic Women's History Archives)

Published on Friday, 23rd October 2015.

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