Today for #womenshistorymonth I want to recognize the Mirabal Sisters who tirelessly mobilized the o
Today for #womenshistorymonth I want to recognize the Mirabal Sisters who tirelessly mobilized the opposition Movement against Trujillo’s dictator regime in the 1960s Dominican Republic. Patricia (36) María (34) and Antonia (25) were incarcerated, tortured, and sentenced to death on November 25th, a day that is now globally recognized as the official International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women as declared by the UN. They are commemorated across Latin America and recognized in textbook literature as heroines and symbols of social justice and feminist resistance. The 200 Dominican pesos bill features Patricia, María,and Antonia for their revolutionary legacy, and murals of their faces now cover an obelisk memorial of Trujillo in Santa Domingo, DR. #FeministResistence #MirabalSisters #HerStory #fightfacism #Heroínas -- source link
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