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A legendary life
Eva Perón
María Eva Duarte de Perón
1919 – 1952
First Lady of Argentina who championed labor rights, social welfare, and women's suffrage.
Her story
A life that changed history
Eva Perón rose from poverty to become an influential figure in Argentine public life. She advocated for workers, led a major charitable foundation, supported women's suffrage, and founded the Female Peronist Party, the nation's first large-scale women's political party.
“It is a great emotion for me to find myself once again with the descamisados, as on October 17 and on every occasion when the people were present.”
Open Cabildo of Justicialism speech, 22 August 1951; translated from Spanish