{"id":7911,"date":"2017-03-02T03:45:59","date_gmt":"2017-03-02T03:45:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.dominicana-online.org\/?page_id=7911"},"modified":"2018-03-24T03:24:41","modified_gmt":"2018-03-24T03:24:41","slug":"las-hermanas-mirabal","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.dominicanaonline.org\/en\/historia\/las-hermanas-mirabal\/","title":{"rendered":"The Mirabal Sisters"},"content":{"rendered":"

Patria, Minerva,\u00a0Mar\u00eda\u00a0Teresa, and\u00a0B\u00e9lgica\u00a0(Ded\u00e9) are\u00a0the\u00a0Mirabal\u00a0sisters, born in\u00a0Ojo\u00a0de Agua, Province of\u00a0Salcedo, Dominican Republic. Daughters of Don Enrique\u00a0Mirabal\u00a0and Do\u00f1a\u00a0Mercedes Reyes de\u00a0Mirabal,\u00a0are\u00a0recognized in national history as heroines, having excelled in the fight\u00a0against the\u00a0trujillista\u00a0regime\u00a0(1930-1961).\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Also known as “Las Mariposas”\u00a0(Butterflies), Patria, Minerva and\u00a0Mar\u00eda\u00a0Teresa were brutally murdered on November 25, 1960 by Trujillo, while they were travelling\u00a0to Puerto Plata to visit their imprisoned husbands. Belgium (Ded\u00e9) is the only surviving sister. Since then, November 25 has been called International Day\u00a0for the Elimination of Violence against\u00a0Women, in recognition of the memory of these three Dominican women.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

“… Many Dominicans were murdered in 1960, including three sisters from the section of\u00a0Conuco,\u00a0Salcedo, belonging to the respected\u00a0Mirabal\u00a0family, whose husbands were imprisoned for participating in the conspiracy caused by the June 14 invasion. The assassination of the\u00a0Mirabal\u00a0Sisters, on November 25, 1960, filled the minds of\u00a0sensible\u00a0and decent people against Trujillo and increased the atmosphere of deep animosity that already existed against the Government\u00a0(…)”\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

[Excerpt from the book “Manual de\u00a0Historia\u00a0Dominicana”, by Frank\u00a0Moya\u00a0Pons. 12\u00a0th.\u00a0Edition, 2000.\u00a0Caribbean Publishers]\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The Hermanas\u00a0Mirabal\u00a0Foundation, founded on November 12, 1992 with the aim of immortalizing\u00a0\u201cLas Mariposas\u201d, created the Hermanas\u00a0Mirabal\u00a0Museum on December 8, 1994. The Hermanas\u00a0Mirabal\u00a0Museum, maintained and directed by the surviving sister,\u00a0Ded\u00e9\u00a0,\u00a0is located in the city of\u00a0Conuco,\u00a0Salcedo\u00a0Province of Dominican Republic (Salcedo-Tenares\u00a0road) inside\u00a0the house in which the\u00a0Mirabal\u00a0sisters lived their last ten months. The decoration and\u00a0the sister\u00b4s\u00a0belongings\u00a0are kept intact as they were\u00a0before their murder.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Did you know?<\/b>\u00a0Since November 1999,\u00a0every 25th<\/span>\u00a0of the month\u00a0the United Nations has commemorated the International Day\u00a0for the Elimination of Violence\u00a0against Women in honor of the\u00a0Mirabal\u00a0Sisters.<\/p>\n

Did you know?<\/b>\u00a0The American writer of Dominican origin Julia\u00a0\u00c1lvarez\u00a0wrote in 1994 a successful novel based on the\u00a0Mirabal\u00a0sisters, called “In the Time of the Butterflies”. The book was then\u00a0adapted into a feature film\u00a0under the direction of Mariano\u00a0Barroso,\u00a0produced by M.G.M. and Showtime, and starring\u00a0Salma Hayek, Marc Anthony, Edward J. Olmos and\u00a0M\u00eda\u00a0Maestro.<\/p>\n

Did you know?<\/b>\u00a0Ded\u00e9, the last survivor of the\u00a0Mirabal\u00a0sisters, wrote her first and only book entitled “Living in\u00a0the\u00a0Garden,” published on August 25, 2009. One of her sons, Jaime David\u00a0Fern\u00e1ndez\u00a0Mirabal, served as Vice President of the Dominican Republic during the First period of government of\u00a0Leonel\u00a0Fern\u00e1ndez\u00a0(1996-2000). Also\u00a0Minou\u00a0Tav\u00e1rez\u00a0Mirabal, daughter of Minerva, has been involved in political activities, including presidential candidate.\u00a0Ded\u00e9\u00a0died on February 1, 2014\u00a0of pulmonary complications.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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More information:
\n<\/b>Hermanas\u00a0Mirabal\u00a0House\u00a0Museum:\u00a0http:\/\/casamuseohermanasmirabal.com<\/a><\/span><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Patria, Minerva,\u00a0Mar\u00eda\u00a0Teresa, and\u00a0B\u00e9lgica\u00a0(Ded\u00e9) are\u00a0the\u00a0Mirabal\u00a0sisters, born in\u00a0Ojo\u00a0de Agua, Province of\u00a0Salcedo, Dominican Republic. Daughters of Don Enrique\u00a0Mirabal\u00a0and Do\u00f1a\u00a0Mercedes Reyes de\u00a0Mirabal,\u00a0are\u00a0recognized in national history as heroines, having excelled in the fight\u00a0against the\u00a0trujillista\u00a0regime\u00a0(1930-1961).\u00a0 Also known as “Las Mariposas”\u00a0(Butterflies), Patria, Minerva and\u00a0Mar\u00eda\u00a0Teresa were brutally murdered on November 25, 1960 by Trujillo, while they were travelling\u00a0to Puerto Plata to visit their … Continue reading “The Mirabal Sisters”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":1163,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-7911","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dominicanaonline.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/7911"}],"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\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dominicanaonline.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7911"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.dominicanaonline.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/7911\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9835,"href":"https:\/\/www.dominicanaonline.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/7911\/revisions\/9835"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dominicanaonline.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1163"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dominicanaonline.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7911"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}