Like every year, March 8th commemorates the International Women's Day, a date on which the fundamental role of women in history and their struggle to obtain gender equality over the years is recognized. Since its beginnings, The movement has been surrounded by signs and symbols, among which the color purple or violet stands out.
In accordance with the book The colors of inclusion, prepared by Yo Also AC, the Memory and Tolerance Museum, the Iberoamerican University and PPG Comex, dFrom Antiquity to the Modern Age (late 18th century), the color purple was related to people belonging to the political and economic elites.since, at that time, getting the dye was very expensive and only royal families could wear clothes of that color, becoming a symbol of power.
The color purple and the feminist movement
However, his relationship with The feminist movement emerged in March 1911 with the fire of the Triangle Waist Co. factory in New York. At that time, the majority of the workers were young migrants from Europe and had gone on strike in search of better hours and favorable salaries. To date, the origin of the fire is unknown, but the event claimed the lives of 146 people and 70 were seriously injured, most of them women.
It is said that the city's sky was covered in purple smoke because at that time the fabrics that were worked were of that tone. From that tragic moment, the color purple is related to the feminist struggle, as a symbol of the unfair situation that the workers of that factory experienced. At the same time, during the suffrage movement that fought for the vote for women, Emmeline Pethick-Lawrencea prominent activist, He claimed that violet symbolized sovereignty, freedom, dignity and royal blood in his veins.
The color purple today
Today, and around the world, we continue to see that color on posters, blankets and different objects used by feminist groups. Only in Mexico, where 51.2% of the population is made up of women, the March 8 march and the movement for gender equality have gained great relevance, taking into account that 70% of women have experienced situations of psychological, economic, patrimonial, physical, sexual violence or has been discriminated against for being a woman.
Without a doubt, there have been significant changes in equality around the world. Despite progress, the demand for rights for girls, young women and adult women remains relevant in all spheres of life. And today, too, The color purple prevails as a symbol of recognition for all women who have fought, and as a symbol of hope for those who continue to seek a better world every day.
With information from Comex.
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