Mirabal sisters
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Patria Mirabal Edit Profile
politician activists
The Mirabal sisters were political activists and martyrs from the province of Salcedo in the Dominican Republic. They were also known as the "Butterflies,' the code name used by one of them during their underground political activities against the dictatorship of Rafael Leonidas Trujillo in the 1950s.
Background
Patria Mirabal was born on February 24, 1924 Salcedo, Dominican Republic.
Education
The parents were business owners whose holdings included a coffee plantation, a warehouse, a processing plant for coffee and rice, cattle, and a butcher shop. The couple had only one son, who died shortly after birth. All four sisters completed their primary and secondary education in one of the most prestigious private boarding school in the Dominican Republic, El Colegio de la Imaculada, a Catholic school in the town of La Vega.
In 1946 she competed the equivalent of a bachelor's degree specializing in social studies.
Career
Realizing that creating a resistance move
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When the Dominican Republic was run by dictator Rafael Trujillo, the fearless efforts of three ordinary sisters, Patria, Minerva, and Maria Teresa Mirabal, helped expose the corruption and brutality of Trujillo’s regime. The sisters were assassinated on November 25, 1960; however, their deaths led to Trujillo’s own assassination six months later. The United Nations General Assembly designated November 25 as the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women in honor of the Mirabals. Patria Mercedes Mirabal Reyes (27 February 1924 – 25 November 1960), commonly known as Patria was the oldest of the four Mirabal sisters. When she was 14, she was sent by her parents to a Catholic boarding school, Colegio Inmaculada Concepción in La Vega. She left school when she was 17 and married Pedro González,[6] a farmer, who would later aid her in challenging the Trujillo regime. Patria had three children.[5] She once said "We cannot allow our children to grow up in this c
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Mirabal sisters
Dominican political protestors, assassinated in 1960
For the province, see Hermanas Mirabal Province.
The Mirabal sisters (Spanish: hermanas Mirabal[eɾˈmanasmiɾaˈβal]) were four sisters from the Dominican Republic, three of whom (Patria, Minerva and María Teresa) opposed the dictatorship of Rafael Trujillo (el Jefe) and were involved in activities against his regime.[1] The three sisters were assassinated on 25 November 1960. The last sister, Adela, commonly known as Dedé, who was not involved in political activities at the time, died of natural causes on 1 February 2014.[2]
Of the sisters, Minerva was the one who had the most active role in politics, being the founder of the 14 June Revolutionary Movement together with her husband Manolo Tavárez Justo [es]. Maria Teresa also became involved in the Movement. The oldest sister, Patria, did not have the same level of political activity as her other sisters, but supported them. She lent her house to store weapons and tools from the insurgents. They are considered
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