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Episode #366

High-Pitched Goodbye

#366 High-Pitched Goodbye
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The Mirabal sisters, heroes of the Dominican Republic

Episode sources:

  1. “HISTORY OF THE DOMINICAN REPUBLIC” by Bamber Gascoigne (History World)

  2. “How the Mirabal Sisters Helped Topple a Dictator” by Sarah Pruitt (History)

  3. “How the Murder of the Mirabal Sisters Ignited an International Movement to End Violence Against Women and Girls” by Courtney Andrews (University of Alabama at Birmingham Institute for Human Rights Blog)

  4. “LAS HERMANAS MIRABAL – THE MIRABAL SISTERS” (Guide to the Colonial Zone and Dominican Republic)

  5. “Mirabal sisters” (Wikipedia)

  6. “Oct. 2, 1937: Parsley Massacre” (Zinn Education Project)

  7. “Overlooked No More: Dedé Mirabal, Who Carried the Torch of Her Slain Sisters” by Gavin Edwards (New York Times)

  8. “Rafaell Trujillo” (History)

  9. “Remember the Mirabal Sisters, ‘Las Mariposas’” (New York Latin Culture Magazine)

  10. “Remembering the Mirabal Sisters” by Livia Gershon (JSTOR Daily)

  11. “SISTER MONTH 02: THE MIRABAL SISTERS” (Criminal Broads: The Podcast)

  12. “Taino” (Wikipedia)

  13. “The Mirabal Butterflies: 5 Facts About The Sisters Who Toppled A Dominican Dictatorship” by Melissa De Los Santos (Vibe)

  14. “The Mirabal Sisters” by Jason Porath (Rejected Princesses)

  15. “The Mirabal Sisters” (Stuff You Missed in History Class)

  16. “The Mirabal Sisters and the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women” by Luigi Morris (Left Voice)

  17. “The Mirabal Sisters: Patria (1924-1960) Minerva (1926-1960) Maria Teresa (1935-1960)” by Matt Clayton (Captivating History)

  18. “The Revolutionary Murder Of The Mirabal Sisters” by Allison Hinrichs (Jetset Times)

  19. “The Women (Real and Imagined) Resisting Caudillos” by Ena Alvarado (JSTOR Daily)

  20. “To be a woman: Gender and the death of the Mirabal Sisters” by Jynessa Mendoza (California State University Stanislaus)

  21. “United States occupation of the Dominican Republic (1916–1924)” (Wikipedia)

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