Evita Peron

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This paper explains that the story of Argentina's first lady Evita Peron, wife of Juan Peron, is so imbued with mystery and fiction that it can easily be argued that, in popular culture, her figure acquires almost mythical dimensions. The author points out that Peron represents a potent and extremely popular social activist, who believed in justice as the supreme principle of any human society. Nevertheless, Evita has had over the course of time quite a few detractors. The author relates details of her life and Peronism.

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"A significant part of Evita's fame is probably due also to her humble origins, which made her belong to the same class as the people she dedicated her work and her life to. Moreover, her rapid and somewhat romantic ascension to fame and even to the highest political standing also contributed to her cult image. Her poor life as a young girl and her very early death at the age of thirty one, were also great factors in promoting Evita as a national symbol. She was born on May 7, 1919 in Los Toldos, a little village in the pampas."

Sample of Sources Used:

• Adams, Jerome K. Liberators and Patriots of Latin America. Jefferson: McFarland, 1991
• Crassweller, Robert D. Peron and the Enigmas of Argentina. New York: W. W. Norton, 1987.
• Peron, Eva. "Excerpts from Evita's own story: 'La razon de mi vida' or 'The Reason for my Life' by Eva Duarte Peron in her own words." http://web.archive.org/web/20030611194904/my.execpc.com/~reva/html7n.htm
• -- The History of Peronism. http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/mod/1951evaperon.html
• Foster, David William, Melissa Fitch Lockhart and Darrell B. Lockhart. The Culture and Customs of Argentina. Westport: Greenwood Press, 1998.

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