Entrevista con dede mirabal biography for kids
HISTORY CLASS There were four Mirabal sisters -- Minerva, Patria, Maria Teresa, and Dede.
Here is my official interview with Dede Mirabal, the surviving butterfly..
1029: Dedé Mirabal
Born: 1 March 1925, Salcedo, Dominican Republic
Died: 1 February 2014, Santa Domingo, Dominican Republic
Original Name: Bélgica Adela Mirabal Reyes
Dedé was the second oldest in her family.
Unlike her three sisters, Dedé did her best to stay out of politics.
She did not earn a college degree, and instead focused on staying home to take care of her family.
Dedé was one of four sisters, all of whom were raised in a small Conservative community. The four sisters, known collectively as Las Mariposas, fought back against their country’s brutal dictator and are seen as feminist icons and activists around the world today.
A dictator ruled the Dominican Republic for over thirty years, from 1930 to 1961, during which time thousands were imprisoned and thousands more massacred along the border with Haiti.
His rule was described by History thusly:
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