Over the centuries, Leap Day has been considered the only day when women were given free rein to propose to men. Sexist much? This started in Ireland with St. Brigid when complaints from single ...

The play was meant as satire, but some early feminists must have been inspired; by the 1700s, women were using leap day to ...

Along with an opportunity to make use of the extra day, leap years have also long been associated with not just love, but marriage too. Perhaps most notably, leap years are known to be associated with ...

“This being Leap Year Day, we suggest to every girl that she propose to her father to open a savings account in her name in our own bank.” There was no breath of independence for women due to ...

We've used leap years for over 2,000 years so our calendars are more in sync with the Earth’s rotation around the Sun. What is a leap year? Generally we define a year as 365 days, but a full ...

Anna Brady plans to travel to Dublin, Ireland to propose to her boyfriend Jeremy on February 29, leap day, because, according to Irish tradition, a man who receives a marriage proposal on a leap ...