Yesterday was International Women's Day, and aren't you just tired of hearing about it?

Virtually ignored by the American media, IWD, which is commemorated by the United Nations, is celebrated each year to remind the world that women are struggling everywhere for many things: legal, social and economic equality; an end to systematic sexual abuse; decent education; suffrage; protection for children; and international peace.

In our own country, suffrage wasn't even granted until 1920, a mere 72 years ago, and some brave women were humiliated and physically tortured in the struggle to get the 19th Amendment passed.

It would be difficult to think of a society in which women are accorded equal treatment to men, though it some cultures--and most notably, the United States--great strides have been made in the promotion of gender equality. Women are not yet afforded equal treatment in the U.S., and there is still no Equal Rights Amendment, so there is plenty of work to be done.

International Women's Day--not important enough for the media to acknowledge, but media priority hasn't meant anything for a long time in this country.