{"id":4430,"date":"2010-12-15T03:34:26","date_gmt":"2010-12-14T23:34:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.dominicana-online.org\/?p=4430"},"modified":"2010-12-15T03:34:26","modified_gmt":"2010-12-14T23:34:26","slug":"mirabal","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.dominicanaonline.org\/en\/mirabal\/","title":{"rendered":"The Mirabal Sisters"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><P class=grantitulo>The Mirabal Sisters<\/P><br \/>\n<DIV id=navcontainer><br \/>\n<UL id=navlist><br \/>\n<LI id=active><A id=current href=\"#\">National Heroins<\/A><br \/>\n<LI><A href=\"cpo_mirabal_ruta.asp\">The Butterfly Route <\/A><\/LI><\/UL><\/DIV><SPAN class=texto><br \/>\n<P class=grantitulo><IMG border=0 hspace=5 alt=mirabal vspace=5 src=\"\/Portal\/noticias\/mirabal_150.jpg\" align=right><\/P><br \/>\n<P>The Mirabal sisters, Patria, Minerva, Maria Teresa and Belgica (Dede), were born in Ojo de Agua, in the Salcedo province, Dominican Republic. Their parents were Enrique Mirabal and Mercedes Reyes de Mirabal. They are recognized in the national history as heroines, after they stood out in the fight against Trujillo\u2019s regime in the years 1930-1961. <\/P><br \/>\n<P>Also known as \u201cLas Mariposas\u201d (The Butterflies), Patria, Minerva and Maria Teresa were brutally assassinated onTrujillo\u2019s order, on November 25, 1960, while on their way to Puerto Plata to visit their husbands in prison. B\u00e9lgica (Ded\u00e9) is the only surviving sister. Since then, November 25, has been denominated the<A href=\"http:\/\/www.un.org\/depts\/dhl\/violence\/index.html\" target=_blank><U> D\u00eda Internacional de la Eliminaci\u00f3n de la Violencia contra la Mujer<\/U><\/A> (International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women), to honor the memory of these great Dominican women.<br \/>\n<TABLE width=\"75%\" align=center border=0><br \/>\n<TBODY><br \/>\n<TR><br \/>\n<TD><I><FONT size=2 face=\"Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif\">&#8220;\u2026<EM>Many Dominicans were assassinated in 1960, among them three sisters from Conuco, Salcedo, members of the respectful Mirabal family, whose husbands were incarcerated after participating in the conspiracy originated by the invasion of June 14, of the previous year. The murder of the Mirabal sisters, which took place on November 25, 1960, overwhelmed the spirits of sensible and decent people against Trujillo and increased the atmosphere of deep antagonism that already existed against the Government<\/EM>\u2026&#8221; <\/FONT><\/I><br \/>\n<P><I><FONT size=2 face=\"Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif\">[<EM>Text translated from the book \u201cManual de Historia Dominicana\u201d, by Frank Moya Pons. 12th Edition, 2000. Caribbean Publishers<\/EM>]<\/FONT><BR><\/I><\/P><\/TD><\/TR><\/TBODY><\/TABLE><br \/>\n<P>The \u201cFundacion Hermanas Mirabal, Inc.\u201d (Mirabal Sisters Foundation, Inc.), founded on November 12, 1992, with the objective of immortalizing The Butterflies, opened the \u201cMuseo Hermanas Mirabal\u201d (Mirabal Sisters Museum) on December 8, 1994. The museum, directed and maintained by the surviving sister, Ded\u00e9, is located in the city of Conuco, Salcedo Province, Dominican Republic (Salcedo-Tenares highway). It is the house where the Mirabal sisters lived the last ten months of their lives, and it preserves intact the decor and the sister\u2019s belongings prior to their murder. <\/P><br \/>\n<DIV align=center><br \/>\n<TABLE id=table1 borderColor=#008080 cellSpacing=5 cellPadding=0 border=0><br \/>\n<TBODY><br \/>\n<TR><br \/>\n<TD colSpan=2 align=center><B>Mirabal Sister&#8217;s Museum<\/B><\/TD><\/TR><br \/>\n<TR><br \/>\n<TD align=center><IMG border=0 alt=\"Museo de las Hermanas Mirabal, Salcedo, RD (2)\" src=\"\/Portal\/galerias\/mirabal\/Museo%20de%20las%20Hermanas%20Mirabal,%20Salcedo,%20RD%20(2).jpg\" width=187 height=250><A href=\"file:\/\/\/C:\/REGINA\/GFDD\/Dominicana\/images\/escritores\/pages\/Museo%20de%20las%20Hermanas%20Mirabal,%20Salcedo,%20RD.html\" name=3><\/A><\/TD><br \/>\n<TD align=center><A href=\"file:\/\/\/C:\/REGINA\/GFDD\/Dominicana\/images\/escritores\/pages\/Museo%20de%20las%20Hermanas%20Mirabal,%20Salcedo,%20RD%20(1).html\" name=4><IMG border=0 alt=\"Museo de las Hermanas Mirabal, Salcedo, RD (1)\" src=\"\/Portal\/galerias\/mirabal\/Museo%20de%20las%20Hermanas%20Mirabal,%20Salcedo,%20RD%20(1).jpg\" width=187 height=250><\/A><\/TD><\/TR><br \/>\n<TR><br \/>\n<TD align=center><A href=\"file:\/\/\/C:\/REGINA\/GFDD\/Dominicana\/images\/escritores\/pages\/Museo%20de%20las%20Hermanas%20Mirabal,%20Salcedo,%20RD.html\" name=30><IMG border=0 alt=\"Museo de las Hermanas Mirabal, Salcedo, RD\" src=\"\/Portal\/galerias\/mirabal\/Museo%20de%20las%20Hermanas%20Mirabal,%20Salcedo,%20RD.jpg\" width=250 height=187><\/A><\/TD><br \/>\n<TD align=center><IMG border=0 alt=\"Museo de las Hermanas Mirabal, Salcedo, RD (11)\" src=\"\/Portal\/galerias\/mirabal\/Museo%20de%20las%20Hermanas%20Mirabal,%20Salcedo,%20RD%20(11).jpg\" width=250 height=187><\/TD><\/TR><br \/>\n<TR><br \/>\n<TD align=center><IMG border=0 alt=\"Museo de las Hermanas Mirabal, Salcedo, RD (12)\" src=\"\/Portal\/galerias\/mirabal\/Museo%20de%20las%20Hermanas%20Mirabal,%20Salcedo,%20RD%20(12).jpg\" width=250 height=187><\/TD><br \/>\n<TD align=center><IMG border=0 alt=\"Museo de las Hermanas Mirabal, Salcedo, RD (13)\" src=\"\/Portal\/galerias\/mirabal\/Museo%20de%20las%20Hermanas%20Mirabal,%20Salcedo,%20RD%20(13).jpg\" width=250 height=187><\/TD><\/TR><br \/>\n<TR><br \/>\n<TD align=center><IMG border=0 alt=\"Museo de las Hermanas Mirabal, Salcedo, RD (14)\" src=\"\/Portal\/galerias\/mirabal\/Museo%20de%20las%20Hermanas%20Mirabal,%20Salcedo,%20RD%20(14).jpg\" width=250 height=187><\/TD><br \/>\n<TD align=center>&nbsp;<IMG border=0 alt=\"Museo de las Hermanas Mirabal, Salcedo, RD (5)\" src=\"\/Portal\/galerias\/mirabal\/Museo%20de%20las%20Hermanas%20Mirabal,%20Salcedo,%20RD%20(5).jpg\" width=250 height=187><\/TD><\/TR><br \/>\n<TR><br \/>\n<TD align=center><IMG border=0 alt=\"Museo de las Hermanas Mirabal, Salcedo, RD (3)\" src=\"\/Portal\/galerias\/mirabal\/Museo%20de%20las%20Hermanas%20Mirabal,%20Salcedo,%20RD%20(3).jpg\" width=250 height=187><\/TD><br \/>\n<TD align=center><IMG border=0 alt=\"Museo de las Hermanas Mirabal, Salcedo, RD (4)\" src=\"\/Portal\/galerias\/mirabal\/Museo%20de%20las%20Hermanas%20Mirabal,%20Salcedo,%20RD%20(4).jpg\" width=250 height=187><\/TD><\/TR><br \/>\n<TR><br \/>\n<TD align=center>&nbsp;<IMG border=0 alt=\"Museo de las Hermanas Mirabal, Salcedo, RD (10)\" src=\"\/Portal\/galerias\/mirabal\/Museo%20de%20las%20Hermanas%20Mirabal,%20Salcedo,%20RD%20(10).jpg\" width=187 height=250><\/TD><br \/>\n<TD align=center><IMG border=0 alt=\"Museo de las Hermanas Mirabal, Salcedo, RD (6)\" src=\"\/Portal\/galerias\/mirabal\/Museo%20de%20las%20Hermanas%20Mirabal,%20Salcedo,%20RD%20(6).jpg\" width=250 height=187><\/TD><\/TR><br \/>\n<TR><br \/>\n<TD align=center><IMG border=0 alt=\"Museo de las Hermanas Mirabal, Salcedo, RD (7)\" src=\"\/Portal\/galerias\/mirabal\/Museo%20de%20las%20Hermanas%20Mirabal,%20Salcedo,%20RD%20(7).jpg\" width=187 height=250><\/TD><br \/>\n<TD align=center><IMG border=0 alt=\"Museo de las Hermanas Mirabal, Salcedo, RD (8)\" src=\"\/Portal\/galerias\/mirabal\/Museo%20de%20las%20Hermanas%20Mirabal,%20Salcedo,%20RD%20(8).jpg\" width=187 height=250><\/TD><\/TR><\/TBODY><\/TABLE><\/DIV><\/SPAN><br \/>\n<P class=texto align=left>For more information about the Mirabal Sisters Museum, please call (809) 577-2704.<\/P><SPAN class=texto><br \/>\n<UL><br \/>\n<LI>Biograf\u00eda Minerva Mirabal<\/A>; <A href=\"http:\/\/www.learntoquestion.com\/seevak\/groups\/2000\/sites\/mirabal\/Spanish\/Capullo\/ninez3.html\" target=_blank>otra biograf\u00eda de Minerva<\/A><br \/>\n<LI>Biograf\u00eda Mar\u00eda Teresa Mirabal; <A href=\"http:\/\/www.learntoquestion.com\/seevak\/groups\/2000\/sites\/mirabal\/Spanish\/Capullo\/ninez4.html\" target=_blank>otra biograf\u00eda de Mar\u00eda Teresa<\/A><br \/>\n<LI><A href=\"http:\/\/www.learntoquestion.com\/seevak\/groups\/2000\/sites\/mirabal\/Spanish\/Capullo\/ninez2.html\" target=_blank>Biograf\u00eda Patria Mirabal<\/A><br \/>\n<LI><A href=\"http:\/\/www.sem.gov.do\/index.php?option=com_content&amp;task=view&amp;id=59&amp;Itemid=20\" target=_blank>Brocure de las Hermanas Mirabal<\/A> <\/LI><\/UL><br \/>\n<P><B>Related Links<\/B><\/P><br \/>\n<UL><br \/>\n<LI><A href=\"\/Portal\/english\/cpo_noti116.asp\">\u201cCrimen\u201d: nueva pel\u00edcula sobre Las Hermanas Mirabal<\/A><br \/>\n<LI><A href=\"http:\/\/www.sem.gov.do\/\" target=_blank>Secretar\u00eda de Estado de la Mujer<\/A><br \/>\n<LI><A href=\"http:\/\/www.juliaalvarez.com\/\" target=_blank>Julia \u00c1lvarez: &#8220;En el Tiempo de las Mariposas&#8221;<\/A><br \/>\n<LI><A href=\"http:\/\/www.jmarcano.com\/mipais\/biografia\/mirabal1.html\" target=_blank>http:\/\/www.jmarcano.com\/mipais\/biografia\/mirabal1.html<\/A><br \/>\n<LI><A href=\"http:\/\/antillania.com\/Lasmariposas.htm\" target=_blank>http:\/\/antillania.com\/Lasmariposas.htm<\/A><br \/>\n<LI><A href=\"http:\/\/www.el-bohio.com\/mirabal\/\" target=_blank>http:\/\/www.el-bohio.com\/mirabal\/<\/A><br \/>\n<LI><A href=\"http:\/\/www.27febrero.com\/hermanasmirabal.htm\" target=_blank>http:\/\/www.27febrero.com\/hermanasmirabal.htm<\/A><br \/>\n<LI><A href=\"http:\/\/www.misalcedo.com\/hnasmirabal\" target=_blank>http:\/\/www.misalcedo.com\/hnasmirabal<\/A> <\/LI><\/UL><\/SPAN><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Mirabal Sisters National Heroins The Butterfly Route The Mirabal sisters, Patria, Minerva, Maria Teresa and Belgica (Dede), were born in Ojo de Agua, in the Salcedo province, Dominican Republic. Their parents were Enrique Mirabal and Mercedes Reyes de Mirabal. They are recognized in the national history as heroines, after they stood out in the &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dominicanaonline.org\/en\/mirabal\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;The Mirabal Sisters&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-4430","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dominicanaonline.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4430"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dominicanaonline.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dominicanaonline.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dominicanaonline.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dominicanaonline.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4430"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.dominicanaonline.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4430\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dominicanaonline.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4430"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}