EVA PERóN
Name: Maria Eva Duarte de Perón
Born: 7 May 1919 Los Toldos, Argentina
Died: 26 July 1952 Buenos Aires, Argentina
MarÃa Eva Duarte de Perón (May 7, 1919 – July 26, 1952) was the second wife of
Argentina President Juan Domingo Perón (1895–1974) and the First Lady of
Argentina from 1946 until her death in 1952. She is often referred to as simply
Eva Perón, or by the affectionate Spanish language diminutive Evita, which
literally translates into English as "Little Eva".
Born out of wedlock in rural Argentina in 1919, at age 15 Eva Duarte made her
way to the nation's capital of Buenos Aires where she pursued a career as a
stage, radio, and film actress. Eva met Colonel Juan Perón in 1944 at a charity
event in Buenos Aires. The two were married by the following year. In 1946 Juan
Perón was elected President of Argentina, making Eva Perón First Lady of the
nation. Over the course of the next six years, she became powerful within the
Pro-Peronist trade unions, essentially for speaking on behalf of labor rights.
She also founded the charitable Eva Perón Foundation, and the nation's first
large-scale female political party, the Female Peronist Party.
In 1951, Eva Perón expressed a desire to run for the office of Vice-President of
Argentina. In this bid she received great support from the Peronist political
base, low-income and working class Argentines referred to as descamisados or "shirtless
ones". However, opposition from the nation's military and elite, as well as her
declining health, ultimately prevented Eva Perón's candidacy. In 1952, shortly
before her death, Eva Perón was given the official title of "Spiritual Leader of
the Nation."
Name: Maria Eva Duarte de Perón
Born: 7 May 1919 Los Toldos, Argentina
Died: 26 July 1952 Buenos Aires, Argentina
MarÃa Eva Duarte de Perón (May 7, 1919 – July 26, 1952) was the second wife of
Argentina President Juan Domingo Perón (1895–1974) and the First Lady of
Argentina from 1946 until her death in 1952. She is often referred to as simply
Eva Perón, or by the affectionate Spanish language diminutive Evita, which
literally translates into English as "Little Eva".
Born out of wedlock in rural Argentina in 1919, at age 15 Eva Duarte made her
way to the nation's capital of Buenos Aires where she pursued a career as a
stage, radio, and film actress. Eva met Colonel Juan Perón in 1944 at a charity
event in Buenos Aires. The two were married by the following year. In 1946 Juan
Perón was elected President of Argentina, making Eva Perón First Lady of the
nation. Over the course of the next six years, she became powerful within the
Pro-Peronist trade unions, essentially for speaking on behalf of labor rights.
She also founded the charitable Eva Perón Foundation, and the nation's first
large-scale female political party, the Female Peronist Party.
In 1951, Eva Perón expressed a desire to run for the office of Vice-President of
Argentina. In this bid she received great support from the Peronist political
base, low-income and working class Argentines referred to as descamisados or "shirtless
ones". However, opposition from the nation's military and elite, as well as her
declining health, ultimately prevented Eva Perón's candidacy. In 1952, shortly
before her death, Eva Perón was given the official title of "Spiritual Leader of
the Nation."