Millaray means "Gold Flower" in Araucan, the language of Amerindians living in what is now Chile. Millaray was the wife of Caupolican, a warrior-chieftain. Seeing him crying after being defeated by Spaniard Conquistadors, she threw her baby upon him saying she did not want a child from a coward.
My sister Miyaray is a strong woman too. And being very feminine, she enjoyed nice clothes since she was a young girl. Later in life, she did not see any conflict between being a well-dressed professional (an excellent one by the way) and rebelling against injustice, corruption and lack of democracy in her home country.
This incident illustrates just that: My sister was in a demonstration against Fujimori's corrupt dictatorship. Miyaray was all dressed in black, with an alpaca designer suit, Argentinian high-heeled boots, acrilic nails and an expensive handbag. The demonstration, comprised mostly by professional women, turned ugly when police tried to dissolve it, and demonstrators battled police with their signs and handbags . On that night, Miyaray's family was watching the news on TV when they saw women resisting police. Mario, Miyaray's husband, commented that these despicable feminists seemed lacking a life, a home, a man in their lives. Then the camera focused on Miyaray hitting a cop with her handbag. Hey, that is mom! cried Indira, Miyaray's daughter.
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