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MIRABAL SISTERS

MIRABAL SISTERS

Three sisters who were assassinated by their president

d. 1960

            The Mirabal sisters were four sisters from the Dominican Republic - Patria, Minerva, Maria Teresa and Adela. They were born into a middle-class upbringing and attended university.

            Patria, Minerva and Maria Teresa opposed the leadership of Rafael Trujillo. Trujillo ruled between 1930-1961, and became the commander-in-chief of the Dominican army and eventually president. The US initially supported Trujillo when he became president in 1930, as he wasn’t a communist and believed he was a stable choice. Trujillo was corrupt and was involved in kidnappings, disappearances, murder and the rape. During his reign, he would have women attend his parties, when the sisters attended his party he propositioned Minerva, she refused. He didn’t like being told ‘no’, so she slapped him and she and her sisters left. To punish Minerva, he had her father imprisoned and tortured - the sisters wanted revenge. When Minerva and her mother were staying at a hotel, they were locked in the room until Minerva gave in and had sex with him. Instead of giving in, mother and daughter fled.

            Minerva founded the June 14 Revolutionary Movement with her husband Manolo Tavarez Justo, where her sister Maria also became involved. Patria didn’t have as much interest in political activity as her sisters but supported them and let them use her house to store weapons. They plotted to have Trujillo assassinated with bombs at a cattle fair he was to attend. Trujillo discovered the plot and the sisters were arrested and imprisoned. He released the sisters but kept their husbands in a remote prison.

            The sisters and their driver, Rufino de la Cruz were on their way to visit their husbands on 25 November 1960. On the way the women were beaten to death by those who worked for Trujillo, their bodies were left inside the vehicle and their car was pushed off a cliff to make it appear like an accident.

            The public turned on Trujillo for all the crimes he had committed, including this one and the US no longer supported him. In 1961, Trujillo was assassinated in his car by a group of seven Dominican men. Adela survived and looked after her sisters children and died in 2014.

            The women’s remains rest in a mausoleum that was declared an extension of the National Pantheon, in the Hermanas Mirabal House-Museum, where the sisters last lived.

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Unfurling Courage: The Mirabal Sisters and Their Fight Against Tyranny

Friday Feature is all about the enduring legacy of the Mirabal Sisters—Las Mariposas. Read about their courageous fight against a tyrant and how they used literacy to fight back. #dominicanheroes #legacy #courageouswomen #rebelswithbooks

This Friday, we’re unfurling the banner of courage with “Las Mariposas”—The Mirabal Sisters. While many remember them as the fearless butterflies who dared to challenge Rafael Trujillo’s tyranny in the Dominican Republic, there’s an untold narrative ripe for the telling. It’s a tale woven with threads of education, culture, and unwavering resilience. Intellectuals of the Revolution Patria,…

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Everything They Did Was Worth It By A

The Mirabal Sisters are some of the bravest women you'll ever hear about and everything they did was worth it. They were active and very dedicated members of an underground resistance movement against Rafael Trujillo, one of the most brutal dictators to ever rule. The girls grew up in the Dominican Republic where the family owned and operated a successful farm, along with a coffee mill and general store. As they grew older they became more aware of the injustices that were happening while Trujillo was in power. Instead of staying quiet and living with it they wanted to see change and be the cause of it.

Trujillo’s tactics of intimidation, imprisonment, torture, kidnapping and rape of women, and murder never scared these sisters. According to Time, one sister, Minerva, once dismissed her followers' fears for her life regarding the death threats Trujillo was sending, saying, “If they kill me, I’ll reach my arms out from the tomb and I’ll be stronger.” She fulfilled the promise. The murder of the sisters outraged the public and was a key trigger for Trujillo’s own assassination by a group of former allies six months later. 

After his death there was a transition to democracy. The "Butterflies", as Dominicans call the sisters, became symbols of both democratic and feminist resistance. The fourth Mirabal sister, Dede, who was less actively involved in the resistance, survived and helped continue her sisters’ legacy, setting up a foundation and a museum in their name. The U.N. even made the date of their death the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women. Everything the brave sisters did lead to a better Dominican Republic. 

Works Cited

How the Mirabal Sisters Helped Topple a Dictator | HISTORY

The assassination of “las Mariposas” (“the Butterflies”) fueled public outrage against one of the longest and most ruthless regimes in moder

The Mirabal Sisters: 100 Women of the Year

Find out why TIME chose The Mirabal Sisters as some of the 100 women who defined the last century

ANIVERSARIO: LAS HERMANAS MIRABAL. “Si me matan, sacaré los brazos de la tumba y seré más fuerte”

Con esta frase Minerva Mirabal respondía a las amenazas de muerte del dictador Rafael Trujillo. Hoy debemos ser miles de brazos organizando

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#25novembre #accaddeoggi Patria, Minerva e MaríaTeresa, tre delle quattro sorelle Mirabal cresciute nella Repubblica Dominicana durante la dittatura trujillista (una delle più dure e crudeli dell'America Latina). Le sorelle s'impegnarono nella lotta partigiana costituendo il Movimento Democratico "14giugno", sotto la direzione del marito di Minerva, Manolo Travares Justo. Nel gennaio del 1960 il movimento venne scoperto dalla polizia segreta e tutti i suoi membri perseguiti e incarcerati, tra questi le sorelle Mirabal liberate alcuni mesi dopo. Il 25 novembre 1960 le sorelle Mirabal, accompagnate dall'autista Rufino de la Cruz, andarono a fare visita ai mariti nel carcere della città di Puerto Plata. L'auto sulla quale viaggiavano venne intercettata e le tre sorelle con l'autista vennero costretti a scendere dal veicolo e condotti in un luogo appartato uccisi a bastonate. I corpi vennero poi rimessi nel veicolo sul quale stavano viaggiando, che venne fatto precipitare da un dirupo per simulare un incidente. La morte delle sorelle Mirabal causò grandi ripercussioni nell'opinione pubblica dominicana, molte coscienze si scossero e il movimento culminò con l'assassinio di Trujillo, el Jefe, nel 1961. 🕯🇩🇲 #25 novembre1960 #giornatacontrolaviolenzasulledonne #mirabalsisters #sorellemirabal #storiadelledonne #storia #instastoria #igersitalia (presso Bologna, Italy) https://www.instagram.com/p/B5TaVKsofmV/?igshid=1heurbjnsk6hj

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INKTOBER 2018 you should know her:

The Mirabal Sisters

Patricia, Minerva and Maria Teresa Mirabal, sisters who were ordered slain by the Dominican Republic dictator Rafael Trujillo in 1960, are b

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This is the story we're gonna work on it, my team and me :) The 4 #butterflies ~°•♡ . . . . #instapic #instamoment #teamwork #erasmus #mirabalsisters #themirabalsisters #dominicanrepublic #herstory #sheroes #women #visibility #story #book #feminism #feminist #true #tales #girls #boys #learning #history #equality #genderequality 👧👧👧👧💜💜💜💜 (en Playa Del Saler)

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On this day, November 25, The Mirabal sisters, Las Hermanas Mirabal, were four Dominican sisters who opposed the dictatorship of Rafael Trujillo (El Chivo) and were involved in clandestine activities against his regime. Three of the four sisters were assassinated on 25 November 1960. The last died of natural causes on 1 February 2014. The assassinations turned the Mirabal sisters into "symbols of both popular and feminist resistance". In 1999, in the sisters' honor, the United Nations General Assembly designated 25 November the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women. #feminieenergy #mirabalsisters #republicdominican🇩🇴 @regrann_app @regranned @regram.app @get_repost

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"Accepting a pardon meant we thought we had something to be pardoned for. Also, we couldn't be free unless everyone else was offered the same opportunity." --> Julia Alvarez - In the Time of the Butterflies I absolutely love this book. I was drawn to it initially because I'm part Dominican and it's hard coming across Dominican authors in the states and I've always been intrigued by the Mirabal sisters. Although this is a fictionalized account of their lives, it's still a great read. I highly recommend this book. Don't watch the movie, it doesn't even come close. Also read up on their extraordinary, revolutionary lives. #bookstagram #bookworm #ginandtonic #bookaddict #libro #livre #book #booksnbooze #bookphotography #vsco #vscobooks #mirabalsisters #juliaalvarez #dominicanrepublic #bookquotes #bookrec #resist #bookrecommendation #bookish (at Earls Kitchen + Bar, Mall at Millenia)