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Evita Perón Research Paper

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Evita Perón once said, “My biggest fear in life is to be forgotten.” This brilliant humanitarian is always remembered. She is one of the biggest influences in Argentina. Many women still strive to achieve the way Evita did today. Evita is known for her actions as the First Lady of Argentina, her acting career, and her mysterious death. Evita became the first lady when she married Juan Perón, a general and dictator of Argentina. Evita grew up in a poor family. Her poverty-stricken background encouraged her to help those in similar situations. The poor loved Evita, the rich did not. Evita supported working class’ demands for higher wages and supported many social welfare measures. She later began the María Eva Duarte de Perón Welfare Foundation. Not only did Evita help the poor. …show more content…

At the age of 15, she moved to Buenos Aires to become an actress. Evita started off as a radio star and later became an actress. Perón was 20 years old when she started her own entertainment business, the Company of the Theater of the Air, which produced radio programs.Evita later created 6 movies and wrote a book about herself called, Evita by Evita. Her life was made into a hit musical – Evita by Andrew Lloyd Weber and Tim Rice. Today, there is a movie about Evita’s life. This movie stars Madonna. In January, 1950, Evita fainted in public. It was suspected that she had appendicitis. But sadly, this was not the case. After having her appendix removed Evita continued to grow weaker and weaker and had severe vaginal bleeding. She was later diagnosed with cervical cancer. Her husband Juan Peron never told her of her diagnosis because she played a big role in his reelection. Her disease spread extremely fast and shocked the world. Evita died at the young age of 33. Evita’s autopsy revealed a possible lobotomy. This involves drilling through the skull and using needles to damage the frontal lobes. There are many assumptions as to why this

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