Mimosa for a gender not at all weak
In many places, mimosas are offered as gifts on Women's Day.
We tell you how it came about and what makes mimosas so special.
Why mimosas for Women's Day?
When people in French-speaking Switzerland and Ticino, France and
Italy talk about Women's Day, they automatically think of mimosas.
Why? This custom goes back to the Italian women's movement in Rome. In fact, on the first Women's Day of the post-war period in Rome, when the movement
was preparing to celebrate the day, it wanted to distribute flowers.
The mimosa was chosen. On the one hand because it was precisely the time of its flowering in Rome, and also because
the lightly scented branches were available in abundance.
Mimosa - delicate and yet strong, like women
Some varieties of mimosa are exceptional because the leaflets close when stimulated by touching or temperature changes. The folding process takes between 4-5 seconds. After folding is complete, the unfolding of
the leaflets can take anywhere from tens of seconds to up to
10 minutes.
Well, mimosas may be extremely sensitive. But there is a
surprising vitality and strength in them at the same time.
Just like in women. Probably for this reason, the seemingly
fragile flowers
became the symbol of International Women's Day in some areas.
More topics about Women's Day
Born in the USA, launched in Europe
Since 1921, Women's Day has been celebrated worldwide on March 8. In Russia, it's even a public holiday. But women could also make it their personal holiday here.
Mimosa for a gender not at all weak
In many places, mimosas are offered as gifts on Women's Day. We tell you how it came about and what makes mimosas so special.
Equality - gradually going beyond the stage of declaration of intent
If you doubt the meaning of Women's Day, we'll tell you here how women's rights were in Switzerland not so long ago.
A cheer for multifaceted women
Whether it's female inventors or Nobel Prize winners: there are many exceptional women. Did you know that for long time women were not allowed to patent their inventions?
Women's suffrage - only wishful thinking for a long time
For us, the right to vote is a matter of course. But did you know that Swiss women were given it very late? And women in Inner Rhodes even had to wait until 1990?