Iceland came to a halt when 90% of women walked off the job in the 1970s

Leanna Garfield/Business Insider When 90 percent of Icelandic women refused to work, and the country fell into chaos, they had succeeded. On Friday, October 24, 1975, telephone lines went down; families scrounged for food; theaters cancelled performances; even the following day's newspaper was half its average length. On an island with just 220,000 inhabitants, the country simply could not go on without the help of women. The idea for the strike was hatched after the United Nations proclaimed 19...