#ChoosetoChallenge: It’s the Women’s Month in the King Community!
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Eva Perón (1919 – 1952, Argentina)
Eva Perón was a beloved political figure and the First Lady of Argentina from 1946 through 1952. Born into poverty in Buenos Aires, Perón achieved her dream of becoming an actress and started her very own entertainment business at the age of 20 before marrying Colonel Juan Perón. Eva revolutionized the role of the First Lady and became a highly active, outspoken advocate for women’s suffrage and the poor.
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The Mirabal Sisters (born 1926 – 1936, three were killed in 1960 and Dedé lived until 2014, Dominican Republic
Patria, Dedé, Minerva, and María Teresa Mirabal were four sisters from the Cibao region of the Dominican Republic who bravely rejected the dictatorship of Rafael Trujillo and became know as Las Mariposas (The Butterflies). Ignited to action after witnessing a massacre executed by the regime on June 14, 1959, the sisters formed the Movement of the Fourteenth of June and sought to dismantle Trujillo’s rule through public protest.
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Let Me Speak!: Testimony of Domitila, A Woman of the Bolivian Mines
Domitila speaks and remembers, she has the urgency of someone who wants to tell her silenced version so that the twisted words do not interfere with her story. She tells about her childhood in charge of her little sisters, about the strike she carried out against her own husband, about the political influence of her father, and also about the help that the Bolivian miners and their families gave to the guerrillas of the Che. Without cloisters or academies, close to memories and feelings, Domitila's voice is a warm breeze that whispers words of dignity and resistance in our ears. And he shares with us his life, always fighting, so that we do not forget to continue trying each day for a more just world.
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