In almost every city in Vietnam there is a street called "Hai Ba Trung", in honor of the two legendary sisters who led a revolt against Chinese rule around 39 AD. The date of the Their deaths mark Vietnam Women's Day and their legend has been told in Vietnamese children's books for generations. Today, Trung Trac and Trung Nhi are considered two of the most important heroines in Vietnamese history. The couple, who already came from a militarily strong family, led an army against the Chinese officials who controlled Vietnam at the time. They eventually took back Vietnam and ruled for three years before an army was sent to destroy them. The Trung sisters exploited their social status and the Vietnamese people's general discontent with the Chinese government to start a rebellion. Traditionally, Vietnamese women have always had more freedom than their Chinese counterparts in the 1st century AD. Although they were still not equal to men, they had more rights and approached equal inheritance. They could play a role in public life and could be political leaders, judges, traders and warriors. Meanwhile, women in Han China had none of these rights, as they were considered subservient to their husbands. The Trung sisters were clearly not subservient to their husbands. Trung Trac, the eldest sister, was married to Thi Sach and was most likely alive during the rebellion. However, it is likely that he had no major role in all this, other than supporting his wife. When the Trung Sisters were founded, Mi-ling, the sisters' birthplace, became the capital instead of her birthplace. If he had been the main leader of the rebellion, his hometown would surely have become the capital. The Trung sisters had a...... middle of paper ......is/."Trung Nhi and Trung Trac. " Accessed December 9, 2013. http://www.womenwholead.org/trung_nhi. htm."The Trung Sisters." Women in world history. Accessed December 9, 2013. http://www.womeninworldhistory.com/heroine10.html."The Trung Sisters: Vietnam's First Nationalists." History of the chicks. Last modified: December 16, 2011. Accessed December 9, 2013. http://www.chickhistory.com/2011/12/trung-sisters-vietnams-first.html."The Tr?ng Sisters and the First Great Rebellion. " Freedom for Vietnam. http://freedomforvietnam.wordpress.com/2010/07/19/the-tr%C6%B0ng-sisters-and-the-first-great-rebellion/.Verrone, Richard B. “Trung Sisters.” Encyclopedia of Modern Asia. Ed. Karen Christensen and David Levinson. vol. 5. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 2002. 533. World History in Context. Network. December 15, 2013.Willis, Terri. Vietnam. New York: Children's Press, 2002.