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María Argentina Minerva Mirabal Reyes, or Minerva, is the third Mirabal sister, born March 12,1927 in the Dominican Republic. Like her older sisters, Minerva also received an education, at the urging of her mother, Mercedes Mirabal. Through their education, Minerva and her sister began to recognize and speak out against the oppressive dictatorship of Generalissimo Rafael Leonidas Trujillo. When she was 22, Minerva had a personal experience with Trujillo, turning down his sexual advances, causing her to be jailed and not able to practice her law degree.