When Eva Peron died at age 33, was announced on the radio: "Our leader spirit is dead. " Champion of the "shirtless" in Argentina, surpassed in popularity by her husband, President Juan Domingo Peron. Mary
Eva Duarte de Peron, Evita, was born on May 7, 1919 in Los Toldos (Buenos Aires). Evita, the illegitimate daughter of a cook, became the mistress of Colonel Peron as a teenager, being a singer and radio actress.
When Peron was arrested in 1945, "Miss radio" mobilized the unions to release him, once free, she married him. Participated in this year and next in the presidential campaign of her husband, earning the adulation of the masses, whom she called "shirtless ones". And when a year later became president, she became a powerful leader at his side.
Although he never had an official position in government, Evita acted as de facto Minister of Health and Labour, generously rewarding employees by increasing their wages, who responded with political support for Perón. After eliminating subsidies to the traditional Welfare Society, earning a lot of enemies in the traditional elite, replaced it with the Eva Perón Foundation, which was supported by unions 'voluntary' contributions and contributions the national lottery and other funds. These resources were used to establish hundreds of hospitals, schools, orphanages, homes for the elderly and other charities. Evita was largely responsible for the female vote and formed the Peronist Feminist Party in 1949. also introduced compulsory religious education in all schools in Argentina. In 1951, despite suffering from cancer, was nominated for vice president, but the army forced her to give up this nomination. This was a point that marked his political decline.
died in 1952. Although his life was short, promoted a series of social transformations.
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