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get her killed so they did not allow her to register for law school, especially following her rejection of
Trujillo. This resulted in house arrest at her parents' home where she spent her time painting and writing poetry about the injustices she has endured due to the exploitation and dictatorship in her country. Six years later, however, they changed their minds after realizing how upset this made Minerva, leading to her enrollment at the
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Aurelio Tavárez Justo, or Manolo, whom she attended school with and met while on vacation in Jarabacoa in 1954. Manolo was also a law student who joined her in her revolutionaries. They married and had two children, Minerva Josefina in November 1955, and Manuel Enrique,
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Mercedes Reyes Camilo and Enrique Mirabal. Like her older sisters, Minerva also received an education at El Colegio Inmaculada Concepción, at the urging of her mother, Mercedes Mirabal. Through their education, Minerva and her sisters began to recognize and speak out against the oppressive
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