page_title: Mirabal sisters
section_title: Legacy
hierarchical_section_title: Mirabal sisters / Legacy
caption_attribution_description: English: The Mirabal Sisters Campus, located at 21 Jumel Place between West 167th Street and Edgecombe Avenue in the Washington Heights neighborhood of Manhattan, New York City, was built in 1993-94, and opened as I.S. 90, The Mirabal Sisters School, a community school operated in cooperation with the Children's Aid Society. In 2004, it was divided into three middle schools, M.S. 319, the Maria Theresa Middle School; M.S. the Minerva Middle School; and M.S. 324, the Patria Mirabal Middle School. The Mirabal Sisters were four opponents of the Trujillo dictatorship in the Dominican Republic, three of whom were assassinated by the regime on November 25, 1960 . (Source: Mirabal Sisters Campus Fact Sheet)
context_page_description: The Mirabal sisters were four Dominican sisters known commonly as Patria, Minerva, María Teresa, and Dedé, who opposed the dictatorship of Rafael Trujillo and were involved in clandestine activities against his regime. Three of the four sisters were assassinated on 25 November 1960. The last sister, Dedé, died of natural causes on 1 February 2014.
  The assassinations turned the Mirabal sisters into "symbols of both popular and feminist resistance". In 1999, in the sisters' honor, the United Nations General Assembly designated 25 November the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women.
context_section_description: On 17 December 1999, the United Nations General Assembly designated 25 November as the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women in honor of the sisters. It marks the beginning of a 16-day period of Activism against Gender Violence. The last day of that period, 10 December, is International Human Rights Day.
  On 21 November 2007, Salcedo Province was renamed Hermanas Mirabal Province.
  Hermanas Mirabal station of the Santo Domingo Metro is named to honor the Mirabal sisters.
  The 200 Dominican pesos bill features the sisters, and a stamp was issued in their memory.
  The 137-foot obelisk that Trujillo built in 1935 to commemorate the renaming of the capital city from Santo Domingo to Ciudad Trujillo has been covered with murals honoring the sisters. In 1997, the telecommunications company CODETEL (now Claro) sponsored a mural by Elsa Núñez. Every few years, the mural changes. 
  In 2005, Amaya Salazar created one; in 2011, Banco del Progreso sponsored Dustin Muñoz to redo the mural.
  In 2019, the southeast corner of 168th street and Amsterdam Avenue in Washington Heights, Manhattan  was designated “Mirabal Sisters Way” by the Council of the City of New York. In addition there is a school campus in Washington Heights, Manhattan, Mirabal Sisters Campus.
  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. An example of one of these organizations is the Mirabal Sisters Cultural and Community Center, a non-profit organization that seeks to improve the status of immigrant families.
caption: Mirabal Sisters Campus, housing KIPP Washington Heights, MS 319 Maria Teresa, and MS 324 Patria Mirabal, in Washington Heights, Manhattan
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