Eva Perón
María Eva Duarte de Perón (May 7, 1919 – July 26, 1952) was the second wife of Argentine President Juan Perón. She was born in Los Toldos. She was the First Lady of Argentina from 1946 until she died and she served with her husband as a co-ruler of Argentina during those years. Before she died the Congress made her Spiritual Leader of the Nation. She was an actress before she married Perón.
Eva Perón | |
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| First Lady of Argentina | |
| In office 4 June 1946 – 26 July 1952 | |
| President | Juan Perón |
| Preceded by | Conrada Victoria Farrell |
| Succeeded by | Mercedes Lonardi (1955) |
| President of the Eva Perón Foundation | |
| In office 8 July 1948 – 26 July 1952 | |
| Preceded by | Position established |
| Succeeded by | Delia Parodi |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Eva María Duarte 7 May 1919 Los Toldos, Argentina |
| Died | 26 July 1952 (aged 33) Buenos Aires, Argentina |
| Resting place | La Recoleta Cemetery |
| Political party | Justicialist Party Peronist Feminist Party |
| Spouse(s) | Juan Perón (1945–1952) |
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Early life
Eva grew up fairly poor and had wanted to become an actress since an early age. At sixteen, she left school and moved to Buenos Aires to pursue her dream of stardom. She got a job at a radio station there until she met Juan Perón at a charity concert held for the victims of the earthquake of San Juan in 1944. Soon, the two became very close and they were married on October 21, 1945. Eva was an active campaigner in Juan Perón's presidential campaign in 1946, and when he was elected, she continued to play an active government role.[1]
Accomplishments
By the time of her death, she was one of the most powerful women, or maybe even the most powerful woman, in the world. She is known for her work in many charitable and feminist causes, and became an icon to many people in Argentina. Evita was President of the Peronist Women's Party, a big and powerful political party made up of women who supported the Peróns' party. She ran the Ministry of Labor and the Ministry of Health. She helped legalize divorce in Argentina, as well as playing a leading role in enacting women's suffrage in Argentina. The Maria Eva Duarte de Perón Welfare Foundation gave a lot of funds, goods and medicine to the poor. The poor liked Evita Perón a lot. Her life inspired a musical called Evita and a movie based on the musical called Evita. The movie starred Madonna.
Death
Her cancer was detected during a hysterectomy in November 1951, but the doctors were encouraged by Juan Perón, to keep it to themselves in order to not influence the presidential campaign negatively. When she died of cervical cancer in Buenos Aires, her corpse was embalmed[1] After her husband was overthrown in a coup d'état in 1955, her body was lost for almost 20 years, until it was found in Italy. It was brought back to Argentina and buried with her husband after he died in 1974. It was brought back by the President Isabel Perón, who was married to Juan Perón years after Eva's death. In memory of her life's work, a giant portrait on the front of Argentina's Social Development Ministry was unveiled on 26 July 2011, exactly 59 years after her death.
Eva Perón Media
Eva Duarte at her First Holy Communion, 1926
Eva Duarte in 1944 at age 25, photographed by Annemarie Heinrich
Eva Duarte and Libertad Lamarque in La Cabalgata del Circo, 1945
Evita and Juan Perón in 1947
Official portrait of Juan Domingo Perón and Evita, by Numa Ayrinhac in 1948. He is the only Argentine President to be accompanied by the First Lady in an official portrait.
Demonstration for Perón's release, on 17 October 1945. The Casa Rosada is seen in the background.
Perón arrives in Madrid.
Perón wearing a dress designed by Christian Dior
Perón meets with the public in her foundation's office.
Perón kicks off the Youth Football Championship, 1948
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References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Un siglo, 10 historias:EVA PERÓN". BBC.