[1975]
Testo / Texti / Lyrics / Paroles / Sanat: Dagný Kristjánsdóttir - Kristján Jónsson
Musica / Lag / Music / Musique / Sävel: Gunnar Edander
Album / Albumi: Áfram stelpur



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On October 24 1975, Icelandic women observed what was called Kvennafrídagurinn, (The Women's Day Off), known outside Iceland as the Icelandic Women's Strike. It was estimated that at least 90% of Icelandic women participated by not going to work and by doing no housework. An estimated 25,000 women gathered for mass a demonstration in downtown Reykjavík. The total population of Iceland was only 216,695 at the time. Mass meetings and demonstrations were also organized in smaller towns around Iceland.

The Redstockings
The year 1975 had been declared the International Women's Year by the United Nations. Icelandic women's rights organizations, including representatives of the Redstockings, a group... (continuer)