November 25th
is established by the United Nations General Assembly as an International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women, in memory of the Maribal sisters who were murdered on November 25, 1961 in the Dominican Republic. A 1994 novel by Julia Alvarez: In the Time of Butterflies, tells the story of Patria, Minerva and Maria Teresa. In 2001 the book was made into a movie of the same name, starring Salma Hayek, Edward James Olmos and Marc Anthony.
On the Roman Catholic calendar, the 25th is the feastday of Saint Catherine of Alexandria, a virgin woman who was tortured on a wheel and martyred for her faith around the year 305.
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