Heidi Stevens: It's International Day of the Girl: Let's make some noise (and progress)
by Heidi Stevens, Chicago Tribune
Oct 11, 2017
3 minutes
If I had my way, my kids would get International Day of the Girl off from school. Banks would be closed. No mail would arrive. City streets would shut down for Day of the Girl parades.
A little disruption, a little celebration - not unlike the Fourth of July. An Independence Day for girls. Fireworks and all.
Wednesday marks the holiday's fifth birthday: The United Nations declared Oct. 11 International Day of the Girl in 2012 to "highlight and address
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