Dominican lawyer and activist, and one of the sisters killed by the Dominican dictator Rafael Leonidas Trujillo. The Mirabal Sisters were four Dominican sisters who opposed the dictatorship of Rafael Trujillo, and were involved in clandestine activities against his regime. Three of the sisters were assassinated on 25 November 1960. The assassinations turned the Mirabal sisters into "symbols of both popular and feminist resistance". In 1999, the sisters received recognition by the United Nations General Assembly, who designated 25 November as the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women in their honor. Link to Wikipedia biography Read less
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