Commemorating the 58 anniversary of the death of María Eva Duarte de Perón, Argentina appointed her as Woman of the Bicentenary. The project “Eva Perón, Woman of the Bicentenary (1919-1952)” is part of a series which pays tribute to the most relevant women in the Argentine politic history. The first one is Evita, one of the most renowned Argentine women around the world, who has exceeded reality to become a myth and a popular culture icon of the XX Century.The initiative which reviews the life of the former First Lady of the three times President of Argentina Juan Domingo Perón (1946-1952, 1952-1955 y 1973-1974) was born in the Ministry of Education and will be used as a temporary exhibition in public schools. The 33 panels which form the exhibition have different pictures and information on her life, along with unpublished texts and images, were shown yesterday in the Casa Rosada.
Evita was born in Los Toldos, province of Buenos Aires, on May 7th, 1919. She moved to Buenos Aires City as a teenager seeking to be an actress. She met Juan Domingo Perón in 1944, two years before he became President for the first time. They got married on October 22, 1945. As First Lady, she collaborated with her husband to promote social aid projects and to defend the rights of Argentine women.One of the most important achievements of his work is the women right to vote (1951) which she promoted. Eva Perón died on June 26, 1952 of uterine cancer. Her death gave life to the myth depicted on the Andrew Lloyd Weber musical “Evita” and the movie with the same name starred by Madonna.
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