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Patria was born
Patria was the eldest of the four Mirabal sisters, she born on February 27, 1924. -
Adela was born
Bélgica Adela "Dedé" Mirabal Reyes she born 1 de marzo de 1925 -
Minerva was born
María Argentina Minerva Mirabal Reyes de Tavárez was born March 12, 1926 -
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Studies
They studied at the Immaculate College Concepción de la Vega, a school of Spanish nuns of the terrificial order of Afronticals of the Jesus and Maria where, both Minerva and María Teresa, were advanced by their intelligence and interest in the study. -
María Teresa was born
Antonia María Teresa Mirabal Reyes de Guzmán was born October 15, 1935 -
Childhood
The Mirabal sisters grew up in a rural home in the Ojo de Agua section of the Salcedo municipality. The father of the sisters, Enrique Mirabal, was a businessman -
Minerva learning
At the age of 15 years, Minerva insists on continuing its studies. She starts questioning the policy of your country, which was led by the dictator Rafael Trujillo -
Minerva in the university
She decides to study law, there he meets a boy called Pericles Franco (future founder of the popular socialist party) -
Dance in Trujillo Palace
The four sisters are invited to a dance in the palace of the dictator. There the dictator becomes infatuated with Minerva and does not stop stalking her. -
Minerva's Arrest
Tired Minerva, rejects the dictator putting it in evidence. Some days later her father, her friends and she were arrested for their relations with the popular socialist party -
The couples of the sisters
The three sisters marry three anti-Trujillo men and have children. -
Minerva graduates
Minerva becomes the first female doctor of law in the country -
Movement June 14
Manolo, Minerva's husband makes an uprising on June 14, but he fails. That's why his new clandestine group receives the name of June 14. -
The Butterflies
The three mirabal sisters adopt the code name of the butterflies. -
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End of June 14th
Te members of fourteen of June are arrested. In jail, the sisters are tortured and raped repeatedly. -
Murder of the butterflies
When the sisters went to jail to visit their husbands, a car cuts them off and they kill them and then throw their bodies and their car into an alley. -
End of the dictatorship.
Everyone knew that Trujillo was the one behind the murder. On May 30, his car also suffered an "accident" and died.
