Concepción Bona
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Maria de la Concepción Bona Hernández, Mother Founder was a nursery school teacher and a campaigner for the independence of the Dominican Republic. Together with María Trinidad Sánchez, Isabel Sosa and María de Jesús Pina, she took part in designing the Dominican flag.
Portrait of Concepciòn Boña, possibly in her layer years.
Pedro Alejandrino Piña, co-founder of the revolutionary movement, La Trinitaria, was a cousin of Bona.
María Trinidad Sánchez
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María Trinidad Sánchez, Mother Founder was a Dominican freedom fighter and a heroine of the Dominican War of Independence. She participated on the rebel side as a courier. Together with Concepción Bona, Isabel Sosa and María de Jesús Pina, she took part in designing the Dominican flag. She was executed after having refused to betray her collaborators in exchange for her life. The María Trinidad Sánchez Province is named after her. Her remains rest in the National Pantheon of the Dominican Republic in Santo Domingo.
Portrait of María Trinidad Sánchez, c. 1840s
Maria Trinidad Sánchez was heavily involved in the teaching of her nieces and nephews, especially Francisco del Rosario Sánchez.
Bust of María Trinidad Sánchez in Parque Independencia, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic.
Monument of Duarte, Sánchez and Mella