The Mirabal sisters (Spanish: hermanas Mirabal [emanaz miaal]) were four sisters from the Dominican Republic, three of whom (Patria, Minerva and Mara Teresa) opposed the dictatorship of Rafael Trujillo (el Jefe) and were involved in clandestine activities against his regime. November 25th 1960: The martyred sisters pricked the conscience of the Dominican people in a way that the deaths of Trujillos other victims had not. Minerva goes to her first revolutionary meetings at his home with Elsa, Lourdes, and Sinita. By many accounts, the sisters were kidnapped at gunpoint and beaten before being killed. As described by Sinita to Minerva, "Trujillo became president in a sneaky way. The following day, in an act that was repeated many times, Enrique Mirabal was jailed and his wife and Minerva were kept in a local hotel under house arrest. Minerva Mirabal was by far the most politically active of her sisters. The couple had only one son, who died shortly after birth. Minerva and Maria Teresa, on the other hand, were released relatively unharmed on February 7. Many believe that this incident was the beginning of the end of the Trujillo era, which culminated in his own assassi-nation six months later. All of them were married and had children, and all of them were educated at a Catholic boarding school. It was named after a failed rebellion against Rafael Trujillo, as perThe Real DR. On June 14, 1959, Dominican exiles living abroad were sent to stage a coup, but they were quickly discovered by the military, and the rebellion faltered. All four sisters completed their primary and secondary education in one of the most prestigious private boarding school in the Dominican Republic, El Colegio de la Imaculada, a Catholic school in the town of La Vega. However, Delia reports later that she has left and sought asylum, abandoning the movement. [4] All four sisters attended primary school in their village, Ojo de Agua, and attended a Catholic boarding school, El Colegio de la Inmaculada, for their secondary education in the city of La Vega. Minerva, the most politically active of the four sisters, along with her husband, was a leader in the Movimiento Revolucionario 14 de junio (14th of June Revolutionary Movement), a resistance organisation planning for an armed rebellion to oust the dictator. Their husbands Manuel and Leandro were transferred to a prison in Puerto Plata, a location much closer to their homes, which made visiting them frequently possible. [17] They were not tortured thanks to mounting international opposition to Trujillo's regime. "[24] Also, one of the murderers, Ciriaco de la Rosa, said "I tried to prevent the disaster, but I could not because if I had he, Trujillo, would have killed us all. Trujillo created monopolies by buying out farms, manufacturing, and production, all controlled by himself and his closest allies. According to the Manchester Historian, November 25 is commemorated each year as International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women in their honor. Minerva Mirabal ( March 12th 1926-Nov 25th 1960) in Salcedo Calle De Ague on the north coast of the Dominican Republic. At this party Trujillo made more sexual advances toward Minerva who declined his offers. She and her husband became leaders of an underground resistance called the 14th of June Movement. Under pressure from the Organization of American States, only the sisters were released in a bid to improve his public image. [5], At university, she met her husband, Manolo Tavrez Justo, who would help her fight the Trujillo regime. Patria, Minerva and Mara Teresa Mirabal came from a well-off family in the Dominican Republic's central Cibao region. Mirabal Sister's Marriage Family Tree Patria married Pedrito Gonzales in 1941. The family's finances were also ruined under his direction, details Rejected Princesses. She is married to Leandro Guzman. A few months later, in January of 1960, inspired by Fidel Castro's march into Havana, Minerva Mirabal reportedly stated, "If in Cuba it has been possible to bring down the dictatorship, then in our country, with so many anti-Trujillo youth, we can do the same" while at lunch with Mara Teresa and their husbands.20 A fourth sister, Blgica Adela Mirabal Reyes, affectionately known as Ded, is the sole survivor of the four siblings and the caretaker of the family's legacy.Although the Mirabals' were very proud of their daughter Minerva's political commitment and integrity, her outspokenness made them apprehensive due to Trujillo's very repressive dictatorship, and they did not allow her to immediately proceed to law school. The entire Mirabal family was in attendance and became aware of the situation. The Mirabal sisters were on their way home from visiting their husbands in prison at the time of their death. They married and had two children, Minerva Josefina in November 1955, and Manuel Enrique, in January 1960.[4]. Patria and Pedrito's son, who becomes involved in the revolution and is arrested along with his father. According to Casas Museo Hermanas Mirabal, from an early age, Minerva harbored resentment for Trujillo. Eventually the women who were incarcerated, including the Mirabal sisters, were freed as a gesture of leniency from Trujillo. She has a little girl and is "pretty dark with quite a kink in her hair." The organization would distribute pamphlets listing the names of people murdered by Trujillo (via Vintage News). People all over the country were outraged that Trujillo would go so far as to kill women. [23] As to whether Trujillo ordered the killings or whether the secret police acted on its own, one historian wrote, "We know orders of this nature could not come from any authority lower than national sovereignty. He continues to work at the museum in 1994. Laura Derby reports in "The Dictator's Seduction" that Trujillo was known to have young women he found attractive abducted so he could sleep with them. Her sections of In the Time of the Butterflies are narrated in diary form. No eulogies were read at the sisters funeral. Although she felt that this would compromise her ideas, she also felt that education would be the key in her struggle against the regime. The parents were business owners whose holdings included a coffee plantation, a warehouse, a processing plant for coffee and rice, cattle, and a butcher shop. He developed a personality cult with statues of himself across the country and his portrait in every home, Biographics reports. "The Parsley Massacre" took place on October 2, 1937 the Dominican military armed with machetes slaughtered men, women, and children (via NPR). Dede's maid, who came to work for her when Jaime David was born. The couple had only one son, who died shortly after birth. The economy improved, leading to better education, an expanding middle class, and public works. Balaguer was Trujillo's protg and had been the president at the time of the assassinations in 1960 (though, at the time, he "distanced himself from General Trujillo and initially carved out a more moderate political stance"). Minerva Mirabal was by far the most politically active of her sisters. Minerva Mirabal: Historia de una Heroina. Mara Argentina Minerva Mirabal Reyes, or Minerva, was the third Mirabal sister, born March 12, 1927 in the Dominican Republic to Mercedes Reyes Camilo and Enrique Mirabal. Ded, right, with her sister Minerva, who was a leader in the revolution against Trujillo. One of the nuns at Inmaculada Concepcion, where the girls go to school. Following the formation of this resistance movement, numerous arrests of resistance figures and their families occurred at the hands of Trujillo and his regime. For her part, Ded took pains to emphasize that although Alvarezs book spread the story of her family around the world, it was a novel. To make it seem as if it were an accident, the bodies were returned to the car and pushed down the ravine. One of Minerva's and Maria Teresa's cellmates in jail. According to the New York Times, due to the popularity of the novel and the film, "In the Time of the Butterflies," Ded said she made sure to demystify the mythologies created around her sisters. She and her father were freed anyway, but Minerva was kept under surveillance. At his death, his empire had grown so large that he controlled nearly 80 percent of the countrys industrial production, the historian Frank Moya Pons wrote in The Dominican Republic: A National History (2010). The Dominican populace is divided and afraid under Trujillo, and every character has their own struggle between courage and cowardice. Every hero is a unique person with feelings and families. resource to ask questions, find answers, and discuss thenovel. The three of them, Patria Mercedes Mirabal Reyes, Mara Argentina Minerva Mirabal Reyes, and Antonia Mara Teresa Mirabal Reyes, were assassinated on the 25t November 1960. . One of Minerva's friends at Inmaculada Concepcion, who is "pretty in an I-told-you-so way, as if she hadn't expected to turn out pretty and now she had to prove it." Minerva and Manolo's daughter, who lives with Dede in 1994 and has a husband and baby of her own. He was the only person willing to take them, since. Education The parents were business owners whose holdings included a coffee plantation, a warehouse, a processing plant for coffee and rice, cattle, and a butcher shop. Joyce, Meghan. Family Life. The Mirabal family was well regarded and was invited to high-level social functions and activities, even one hosted by Trujillo. When she graduated top of her class in law school, Trujillo denied her license to practice. Survivors report that police would use nail extractors, leather whips, and small rubber hammers, among other disturbing methods of torture. As the sisters headed home, Trujillos thugs stopped their car and killed the driver on the spot. The murder of the Mirabal sisters outraged the majority of the population and is considered one of the events that helped propel the anti-Trujillo sentiment that led to his assassination six months later. We shall continue to fight for that which is just. [3] They named it after a failed revolt against Trujillos government which was led by exiled Dominicans. After they were murdered by Rafael Trujillo, the Dominican Republics ruthless dictator, Ded Mirabal made sure that the world knew of their resistance to him. One of Minerva's and Maria Teresa's cellmates in jail. Patria was never arrested but her husband and son were jailed. Palomino. And I respond, she wrote in her memoir, I stayed alive to tell their stories.. The U.S. military withdrew in 1924, when a new democratic government could be established. [13] On a remembrance website, Learn to Question, the author writes, "No matter how many times Trujillo jailed them, no matter how much of their property and possessions he seized, Minerva, Patria and Mara Teresa refused to give up on their mission to restore democracy and civil liberties to the island nation. Maria Teresa Mirabal and Patria Mirabal, along with both their husbands, joined their sister, Minerva, in the movement. The family lived on a prosperous farm near the city of Salcedo, where they also operated a coffee mill and a general store. Amidst the Trujillo regime, resistance groups were forming within the Dominican Republic and among Dominicans who lived abroad. Dede, who made the decision not to actively participating in the insurgency, has dedicated her life to keeping the spirit of her sisters alive. Dede married Jaimito Reyes in 1949. The sisters became known as "Las Mariposas," or "The Butterflies." He tells her that he, too, is "lost so that I can't show you the way." Members of the Mirabal family had been arrested on more than one occasion. [16] According to the historian Bernard Diederich, Minerva Mirabal was arrested twice; she was first jailed in January 1960, at the start of the wave of repression of 1J4 members where "hundreds of 1J4 members are rounded up and tortured"[17] She once said "It is a source of happiness to do whatever can be done for our country that suffers so many anguishes. "[8], Blgica Adela Mirabal Reyes (1 March 1925 1 February 2014), commonly known as Ded, was the second daughter of the Mirabal family. [41], Being globally recognized as a symbol of social justice and feminism, the sisters have inspired the creation of many organizations that focus on keeping their legacy alive through social actions. She also now pities him because she . [3] The secret movement was discovered weeks after its founding leading to Patrias house (where the group met) being burned to the ground and Mara Teresa and Minerva's arrests. Since 1965 the house has been open to visitors to learn about the sisters' contributions to the resistance and preserves numerous personal items on display. The speaker at the retreat where Patria goes with other Catholic women when, on the 14th of June, the church is attacked. The regime's cover story of an "accident backfired. Minerva lies and says he is sick, and that that is the reason she has been sneaking out of school. One of Minerva's and Maria Teresa's cellmates, who is resentful of the richer women. [9][10] Unlike her sisters, she did not go to college but instead took the role of the traditional homemaker,[10] and helped her father with the family business. The sisters were born in to an affluent family and were well-educated during . On Nov. 25, 1960, the Mirabal sisters went to visit their husbands imprisoned in Puerto Plata, accompanied by their driver, Rufino de la Cruz. There were four sisters in total: Patria, Minerva, Dede, and Maria Teresa. Pope Faxa was the elected General Secretary and Leandro Guzman who was Maria Mirabal husband was the treasurer. The Mirabals' maid, who continues to work for Dede in 1994. She is deaf, and Maria Teresa teaches her how to write her name. This is where Minerva met her future husband, Manolo. [19], Later in her life, Mara Teresa dated Leandro Guzmn. I can say: I have raised an honest family., Overlooked No More: Ded Mirabal, Who Carried the Torch of Her Slain Sisters, https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/13/obituaries/dede-mirabal-overlooked.html. [6] She once said, "Perhaps what we have most near is death, but that idea does not frighten me. Leandro Guzmn Rodrguez, a.k.a. The youngest sister, Mara Teresa Mirabal, attended the same university, but focused on engineering (via Casas Museo Hermanas Mirabal). Patria Mirabal, Minerva Mirabal and Mara Teresa Mirabal were truly feminist before their time. On their drive back home they were ambushed by a group of Trujillo's men, who forced them out of their vehicle. They married and had two children, Minerva Josefina in November 1955, and Manuel Enrique, in January 1960. The world the Mirabal Sisters grew up in saw Trujillo's government bring prosperity and modernize the country. Minerva Mirabal was the first of the Mirabal sisters to become a dissident against Rafael Trujillo. 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As a result, she was able to resume her law studies and in 1955, while still in law school, she married Manuel Tavarez Justo, a law school classmate and an activist in the movement against the dictatorship. The sisters peaceful rural upbringing was interrupted by Trujillo, who was the commander in chief of the Dominican army when he seized power in a coup in 1930. She graduates law school but Trujillo denies her license. 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Minerva and Maria Teresa, on the other hand, were released relatively unharmed on February 7. March 5, 2020 6:37 AM EST. According to "Dominican Republic: A Country Study," the nation was increasingly isolated, and people both within and outside its borders were denouncing Trujillo. He also makes deliveries between revolutionary cells. Her full name is Patria Mercedes Mirabal. "[25][26], According to historian Bernard Diederich, the sisters' assassinations "had greater effect on Dominicans than most of Trujillo's other crimes". Maria Teresa and Minerva refuse their pardon because it would have meant admitting they had committed a crime. The heroines thereof were three sisters: Patria, Minerva, and Maria Teresa Mirabal. Maria Teresa describes her as wearing "trousers and a beret slanted on her head like she is Michelangelo." The following day, in an act that was repeated many times, Enrique Mirabal was jailed and his wife and Minerva were kept in a local hotel under house arrest. Kissel, Adam ed. In this case, it was the dictator's interest in the very attractive Minerva, who in 1949 boldly rejected his overtures. In addition to her father being arrested, Minerva Mirabal and her mother were taken into police custody after the party. To make it seem as if it were an accident, the bodies were returned to the car and pushed down the ravine. On November 20, 1955, they were married and moved to Monte Cristi. [1], The Mirabal family were farmers from the central Cibao region of the Dominican Republic and had a farm in the village of Ojo de Agua, near the town of Salcedo. [36], In 2005, Amaya Salazar created one;[37] in 2011, Banco del Progreso sponsored Dustin Muoz to redo the mural. He seized power through a coup and a rigged election in 1930. They would often send letters back and forth between their prison cells, as per BBC. All of the 4 sisters had children with their spouses. He proceeded to make her life and her family's lives hell. Again, the sisters were released. They were taken to separate locations in a ravine so that the victims could not see each other's execution. One of the Mirabals' uncles, who lives in La Vega. Patria's husband, who was incarcerated during the revolution along with their son, Nelson. Rafael Leonidas Trujillo Molina, the dictator of the Dominican Republic from 1930 until his assassination in 1961. Rejected Princesses reports they also would collect materials to make weapons and even constructed bombs out of dismantled fireworks. Mirabal sisters. Her husband, as well as the spouses of her sisters Minerva and Maria Teresa, was imprisoned for his political activism. At home, that was the first thing I learned to hate Trujillo. With the help of Trujillo, she soon attended the University of Santo Domingo in the capital. Patria Mercedes Mirabal Reyes (27 February 1924 25 November 1960), commonly known as Patria was the oldest of the four Mirabal sisters. In Julia Alvarez's historical novel In the Time of the Butterflies, Minerva is characterized as both an individual and a . Historyreports they came from a middle-class family that ran a successful farm, a store, and a coffee mill. This article is part of Overlooked, a series of obituaries about remarkable people whose deaths, beginning in 1851, went unreported in The Times. Mara Argentina Minerva Mirabal, the third Mirabal sister, and the one most wrapped up in the revolution. Later, sometime in the 1950s, Minerva and her parents were arrested yet again. He is a very fat man with "sharp, piglike eyes," and a toady of Trujillo. Their childhood home was converted into the museum that Ded Mirabel headed. In 1959, the Mirabal sisters, Minerva's husband Manuel Aurelio "Manolo" Tavrez Justo, and many others founded the revolutionary movement Movimiento 14 de Junio (June 14 th Movement), known as 1J4. So Trujillo sent orders to have the sisters assassinated. 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