María Trinidad Sánchez
María Trinidad Sánchez, Mother Founder (16 May 1794, Santo Domingo- 27 February 1845, Santo Domingo) 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. Biography

Family origins
She was born on June 16, 1794, in the city of Santo Domingo. She was the only  daughter of Isidora Ramona and Fernando Raimundo Sánchez, both descendants of slaves. She was baptised at 14 days old. She had 4 brothers, Francisco, Narciso, Dionsio, and José. Se lived in a humble hut, made of palm boards, located on La Luna Street (today Sánchez), in an area occupied by the poor. She was considered one of the best seamstresses in the city. She was like a second mother to her nieces and nephews and is recognized as having been a key figure in the initial education of Francisco del Rosario Sánchez, her nephew and one of the fathers of the country. In the opinion of historian Roberto Cassá, Sánchez, who had slave ancestors, "showed a personality consistent with the stereotypes of the time.” Regarding María T. Sánchez, the author Ramón Lugo Lovatón assured that she was a friend of sententious phrases and strange anecdotes. She was also characterized by her marked religiosity and she was considered a saint, who wore a virgin's habit and performed penances. She was part of a community in the Carmen parish. See also 

 Francisco del Rosario Sánchez, nephew
 Socorro Sánchez del Rosario, niece

References 

 Biografía y valoración en Red Poder Comunitario. 1794 births
1846 deaths
Flag designers
19th-century Dominican Republic people
19th-century rebels
Women in 19th-century warfare
People of the Dominican War of Independence
Women in the Dominican War of Independence
19th-century executions by Spain
Dominican Republic revolutionaries 
Dominican Republic independence activists
Afro-Dominican (Dominican Republic)