THE DAY IN HISTORY · MARCH 1
March 1 in history
What happened on March 1: 2 moments from the Maps of History atlases, in 1918 and 1970, each linked to the map that shows it.
— Bread Peace with Ukraine
1 Mar 1918 — German troops enter Kyiv and support a client government that has promised them a million tons of grain. The conquest must be held as well as stripped of its resources. A million men remain in the east, although Ludendorff will shortly need them in France.
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— Ruskin women’s liberation conference
27 Feb – 1 Mar 1970 — Between 500 and 600 women gather at an Oxford college for working-class adults for Britain’s first national women’s liberation conference. The movement agrees on its first four demands, including equal pay and 24-hour nurseries.
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