Mamá Tingó

Mamá Tingó
Born
Florinda Muñoz Soriano

(1921-11-08)November 8, 1921
Villa Mella, Dominican Republic
DiedNovember 1, 1974(1974-11-01) (aged 52)
Hato Viejo, Dominican Republic
OccupationActivist

Mamá Tingó (born Florinda Muñoz Soriano; November 8, 1921 – November 1, 1974) was a Dominican activist leader and defender of the rural farming community in the Dominican Republic. She was assassinated fighting against the unjust plunder of the resident farmers’ land in Hato Viejo in Yamasá during the second government under Joaquín Balaguer one of the presidents of the Dominican Republic.

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