Eva Peron - Evita, Peronism, Cultural Depictions of Eva Peron, Evita, Vida y Obra de Eva Peron, Eva Peron Foundation (Paperback)

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 23. Chapters: Evita, Peronism, Cultural depictions of Eva Peron, Evita, vida y obra de Eva Peron, Eva Peron Foundation, Spiritual Leader of the Nation of Argentina, Eva Peron: The True Story, Ciudad Evita, The Woman with the Whip, La Razon de mi Vida. Excerpt: Maria Eva Duarte de Peron (Spanish pronunciation: 7 May 1919 - 26 July 1952) was the second wife of President Juan Peron (1895-1974) and served as the First Lady of Argentina from 1946 until her death in 1952. She is often referred to as simply Eva Peron, or by the affectionate Spanish language diminutive Evita. She was born out of wedlock in the village of Los Toldos in rural Argentina in 1919, the fourth of five children. In 1934, at the age of 15, she went to the nation's capital of Buenos Aires, where she pursued a career as a stage, radio, and film actress. Eva met Colonel Juan Peron on January 22, 1944, in Buenos Aires during a charity event at the Luna Park Stadium to benefit the victims of an earthquake in San Juan, Argentina. The two were married the following year. In 1946, Juan Peron was elected President of Argentina. Over the course of the next six years, Eva Peron became powerful within the pro-Peronist trade unions, primarily for speaking on behalf of labor rights. She also ran the Ministries of Labor and Health, founded and ran the charitable Eva Peron Foundation, championed women's suffrage in Argentina, and founded and ran the nation's first large-scale female political party, the Female Peronist Party. In 1951, Eva Peron renounced the Peronist nomination 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 who were referred to as descamisados or "shirtless ones." However, opposition from the nation's military and bourgeoisie, coupled with her decl...