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Dede Mirabal . By. Brandon Vigliatura. Who was She?. <www.colonialzone-dr.com/people history-Mirabal sisters.html>. She was the second child born in the family on February 29, 1925. She was born in Ojo de Agua, Salcedo, Dominican Republic. Her given name was Bélgica.
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Dede Mirabal By. Brandon Vigliatura
Who was She? <www.colonialzone-dr.com/people history-Mirabal sisters.html> She was the second child born in the family on February 29, 1925. She was born in Ojo de Agua, Salcedo, Dominican Republic. Her given name was Bélgica. Her full name was Bélgica Adela Mirabal. She was the only survivor out of her four sisters.
Interesting Facts About Her • In her late sixties in 1994, she was a successful life insurance agent. • When she was little she was always good at math and business. • She is married to Jamitio and have three children with him, until there divorce in the 1980’s. • In the 1980’s she also survived brest cancer. • <http://www.answers.com/topic/in-the-time-of-the-butterflies-novel-2>
What was Her Role in Her Family? • Her and her mother help raise the children while her sisters were working in the plotting to over throw the dictator. • <www.arteyvidachicago.com/events/dede-mirabal-vivas-en-su-jarden>
Her role with her sisters in the underground activities • <http://home.messiah.edu/~cb1341/page%204.html > She didn’t play an active role in her sisters underground activities because she was taking care of the children. She supported her sisters' ideas, but did not think it was wise to be so bold.
After her sisters deaths • She raised her children and her sisters children. • She has dedicated the rest of her life to keeping the memories of her sisters alive in especially the Dominican republic. • She turned her old house into a museum. • <<www.colonialzone-dr.com/people history-Mirabal sisters.html>
The Children She Raised • She was always acting as a motherly figure. • She raised her sisters sons and daughters including her own. • She has three children herself. • One of her sons became vice president • When her sisters died now she is a mother of six children. • Enrique, Rafael, and Davidour her actual children. • <http://www.answers.com/topic/in-the-time-of-the-butterflies-novel-2>
The Museum • Its is called Mirabal Museo • Is located on the out skirts of Saucedo. • It was built out of the families second home where the three sisters that died spent there last ten months at. • It holds all there old belongings in it that serve as artifacts. • <http://semdom.50megs.com/mirabal_museo.htm>
Video • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iI5wL7sl5c4&feature=related • Talking about death and way he killed her sisters. • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gGRGWX0jkSU • Talking about how it was the whole town in the movement not just the Mirabals.
Bibliography • <www.colonialzone-dr.com/people history-Mirabal sisters.html> • http://www.answers.com/topic/in-the-time-of-the-butterflies-novel-2 • www.arteyvidachicago.com/events/dede-mirabal-vivas-en-su-jarden • http://home.messiah.edu/~cb1341/page%204.html • http://semdom.50megs.com/mirabal_museo.htm