In the Time of the Butterflies

why do the mirabal sisters join the movement?

In the book "In the Time of the Butterflies"

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When Partia's third child dies at birth, she views this as a divine message that she is not doing enough to help others in her country under this horrible dictator.

Minerva and Maria Teresa became involved because they had been recruited and believed in what the cause stood for.

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