On November 25, 1960, in the Dominican Republic, three political activists, the Mirabal sisters (Patria, Minerva and Maria Teresa) were killed on the orders of the dictator Rafael Leónidas Trujillo. On that day, the three women, on their way to visit their husbands in prison, were stopped by some soldiers. They were raped, tortured, beaten with sticks and strangled, and then thrown into a precipice in their car to simulate an accident.
On November 25, 1981, the first "International Feminist Meeting of Latin American and Caribbean Women" was held in memory of the Mirabal sisters. Since that day, November 25 has been recognized as a symbolic date.
On November 25, 1981, the first "International Feminist Meeting of Latin American and Caribbean Women" was held in memory of the Mirabal sisters. Since that day, November 25 has been recognized as a symbolic date.
