Who is Eva Perón?
Maria Eva Duarte was born on May 7, 1919, in Los Toldos, Province of Buenos
Aires in Argentina. She was the youngest of five children. Her father, Juan
Duarte, died on January 8, 1926, after a car accident. Life was hard for Eva and
her family; they had become poor after their father die. Eva's mother, Doña
Juana, worked long hours sewing to support the family. Eva loved to entertain
her family and she decided she would to be an actress. Her first acting job came
when she was a teenager. She moved to Buenos Aires and became a radio actress.
On October 22, 1945, Eva married Colonel Juan Perón. He was a dictator and
became president of Argentina in 1946. Juan Perón won the election because
people liked Eva Perón; she was very pretty and popular. Although Eva was the
wife of Juan Perón she was considered by many to be the real politician, even
though she never officially held any government posts. She did make many enemies
during her life. She did everything in her power to get rich. Some people say
Eva was using Juan to get famous and Juan was using Eva to be president. She
founded the women's branch of the Perónist Party and created the Eva Peron
Foundation to help the poor of Argentina. We think she was 32 when she died of
cancer on July 26, 1952 in Buenos Aires, Argentina. All of Argentina loved Eva
and were very sad when she died.
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