Biographies of Historical Figures
José Francisco Peña Gómez was born on March 6, 1937, on El Flaco hill, Guayacanes Crossing, in Mao. He died on May 10, 1998, in Santo Domingo, leaving a prominent political life history, in which he transcended as leader of the Partido Revolucionario Dominicano (Dominican Revolutionary Party), or PRD. Biografia Completa > | ![]() |
The Mirabal sisters, Patria, Minerva, Maria Teresa and Belgica (Dede), were born in Ojo de Agua, in the Salcedo province, Dominican Republic. Their parents were Enrique Mirabal and Mercedes Reyes de Mirabal. They are recognized in the national history as heroines, after they stood out in the fight against Trujillo’s regime in the years 1930-1961 Biografía completa> | ![]() |
Salomé Ureña de Henríquez, poetess and teacher, was born in Santo Domingo in 1850. She is still considered the central figure of the mid nineteenth century Dominican lyrical poetry, and the innovator of women’s education in the Dominican Republic. She was the daughter of writer and teacher, Nicolas Ureña de Mendoza. She received her first schooling from her mother Gregoria Diaz. Later, her father introduced her to the readings of the Spanish and French classics. As a result, she obtained an education and intellectual preparation that would introduce her to the literary world. Encouraged by her husband, in 1881, she founded the first higher education institution for women on the island, the “Instituto de Señoritas”. After five years of operation, the institute graduated the first six women, who received teaching diplomas. She published her first poems when she was 17 years old. Her clear and spontaneous style is often full of tenderness, sometimes tragic, and other times vigorous and patriotic. As a poetess, she sang to her homeland and its beautiful panoramas, her children, her husband, flowers and the island. She died of tuberculosis relatively young, at 47. | ![]() |
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