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A timeline of chronological events that importantly envole Dede
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The two sisters Patria and MInerva are in school now as Dede stays home
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She decides to stay home and care for papa and the store
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Minerva was invited to this party and since mama is worried younger sis Dede and Patria go as well. This is a turning point for the Mirabals in the revolution when Minerva smacks the dictator.
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This is important to Dede because she desired him but kept her mouth quiet and now it is to late.
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Dede burns Lio's letter asking Minerva to flee the country with him, but she cannot allow herself to escape the inevitablity of the life expected of her.
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She remembers how she loved Lio but marries Jaimito anyway
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Dede babysits her neese's and nehew's while their mothers are in jail
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She doesn't want to get envloved because she wanted to keep her family safe.
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Dede present herself to the police as Minerva. This is kinda one of the first gutsy things she does throughout the story. She is looking out for her sister.
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Maria Teresa reports that she and Minerva will be released the next day along with the other female political prisoners.
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The three sisters (all except Dede), are murdered.
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Dede imediately takes over the girls' funeral arrangements.
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She cares for the children as if they were her own..because in a way they are. They are the closest things she has to her sisters.
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She leaves to work
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She establishes herself in the business world for selling insurance
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In this long period of time Dede has moved back home and held a Mirabal exhebit.
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After holding the legacy of her sisters and finished raising her knesse's and nephew's Mrs.Dede Mirabal passes away at the age of 88