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Birth
The youngest of five children of Juan Duarte and Juana Ibarguren, María Eva Duarte was born on May 7, 1919, in the little village of Los Toldos in Buenos Aires province, Argentina. Following the death of her father, the family moved to the larger nearby town of Junín, where her mother ran a boarding house. She was finally employed on a regular basis with one of the largest radio stations in Buenos Aires making 150 pesos every month. -
Family
Evita Peron’s family she had three older sisters and one older brother. At the age of sixteen, Evita, as she was often called, left high school after two years and went to Buenos Aires with the dream of becoming an actress. Lacking any training in the theater, she obtained a few small parts in motion pictures and on the radio. She was finally employed on a regular basis with one of the largest radio stations in Buenos Aires making 150 pesos every month. Her pay had increased to five thousand pes -
Mr. Peron's aresst
Evita began a relationship with Peron and she helped him to win popular support. His popularity led to his arrest in 1945, but Evita helped to organise a mass demonstration that led to his release.In October 1945, after Perón was arrested and put in prison by a group of military men who did not support him, she helped to release him. -
Marrage
Evita Peron married Juan Peron two years from an earthquake. Señora de Perón participated actively in the campaign, something no Argentine woman had ever done. A few days later, on October 21, 1945, Eva and Juan Perón were married. -
gathering the support of the working classes and controlling organized labor groups
Eva also assumed the task of gathering the support of the working classes and controlling organized labor groups. Taking over a suite of offices in the Secretariate of Labor, Perón's former center of power, she used her influence to hire and fire ministers and top officials of the General Confederation of Labor, the chief labor organization in Argentina. Although not given the official title, she acted as the secretary of labor, supporting workers' demands for higher wages and backing a number o -
Mr. Peron's election
Following Perón's election, Eva began to play an increasingly important role in the political affairs of the nation. During the early months of the Perón administration she launched an active campaign for national women's suffrage, which had been one of Perón's campaign promises. Due largely to her efforts, suffrage for women became law in February 1946 women voted for the first time in a national election. -
she identified with the members of the working classes
Eva came from a lower-class background, she identified with the members of the working classes and was strongly committed to improving their lives. She devoted several hours every day to meeting with poor people and visiting hospitals, orphanages, and factories. A large part of Eva's work with the poor was carried out by the María Eva Duarte de Perón Welfare Foundation, established in June 1947 -
A large part of Eva's work with the poor was carried out by María
A large part of Eva's work with the poor was carried out by the María Eva Duarte de Perón Welfare Foundation, established in June 1947. Its funds came from contributions, often obtained with force, from trade unions, businesses, and industrial firms. The foundation grew into an enormous semiofficial welfare agency that distributed food, clothing, medicine, and money to needy people throughout Argentina and on occasion to those suffering from disasters in other Latin American countries. -
Eva would be the vice presidential candidate
In June 1951 it was announced that Eva would be the vice presidential candidate on the re election ticket with Perón in the upcoming national election. Eva's candidacy was strongly supported by the General Confederation of Labor, but opposition within the military and her own failing health caused her to decline the nomination -
Evita Peron died
Evita Peron died July 26, 1952 Buenos Aires, Argentina.She died from cancer on 26 July 1952, aged just 32. Public grief was intense, and unprecedented in Argentina.
