7 MAY ANOTHER STRONG WOMAN WAS BORN: EVITA

brittandjosie (71)in #family • 6 years ago (edited)

7 MAY
The day that I was born but in 1919 another strong woman was Born my mother just told me. They are not around and with FaceTime she has just told me in 14 core words what I am for her as first born, daughter and friend. I am proud to be her child. ❤️
She told me to look up where she got her idea and that Evita did and had things I have and she wants me to have.
What a beautiful gift and a fantastic start to my birthday. The rest is still a surprise !!

WHO WAS EVITA ?

From 1946 to 1952, Eva Perón (full name: María Eva Duarte de Perón) was Argentina’s First Lady.

( Source off information was from the internet, her foundation and WIKIPEDIA )

Nickname Evita, she became a massively popular celebrity and icon to Argentinians, as well as a source of great controversy.
Her life inspired the Tim Rice and Andrew Lloyd Webber Broadway musical Evita (which became the 1996 film version starring Madonna), but there’s much more to the real Evita’s life. Here are 13 facts about Perón in honor of her birthday.

ALTHOUGH HER FATHER WAS WEALTHY, SHE GREW UP IN POVERTY.
Eva’s father, Juan Duarte, was a wealthy farmer who raised livestock and grew crops. The only problem was that he already had a wife and kids, so she, her mother, and her four older siblings were Duarte’s second family. Because they were born out of wedlock, Perón and her siblings were legally illegitimate. Eva was 6 years old when her father died in 1926
AS A YOUNG TEENAGER, SHE MOVED TO BUENOS AIRES TO BE AN ACTRESS.
In her early teens Eva Perón left home to be an actress in Buenos Aires, the capital of Argentina. And worked as a radio actress and acted in plays and films. By the early 1940s, she had achieved major financial success with her radio show on Radio Belgrano.
SHE MET HER HUSBAND THANKS TO AN EARTHQUAKE.
In January 1944, an earthquake in San Juan, Argentina killed an estimated 10,000 people. The military colonel Juan Perón, who headed Argentina’s Ministry of Labor, organized a fundraiser to help the victims of the earthquake. As an actress and radio show host, Perón was invited to attend, and she met her future husband at the fundraiser’s gala at Luna Park Stadium. Despite their age difference—she was in her mid-twenties, and he was in his late forties—they got married in 1945. I love that because love can concure all.

SHE BECAME A SUPER-INVOLVED AND ACTIVE FIRST LADY.
Perón broke gender barriers in Argentina by campaigning with her husband, who won Argentina’s 1946 presidential election. As First Lady, she was no less involved. Perón founded the Female Perónist Party, a political party comprised of female voters.
HER FOUNDATION HELPED SICK AND POOR ARGENTINIANS.
In July 1948, Perón established the María Eva Duarte Social Help Foundation (renamed two years later as the Eva Perón Foundation) to fight poverty in Argentina. She worked long hours giving money and medicine to the poor, touching and kissing the sick, visited hospitals, schools, and housing for homeless women and kids, she was very populair.
EVITA CITY WAS DESIGNED IN THE SHAPE OF HER PROFILE.
Located in the greater Buenos Aires area, Ciudad Evita (Evita City) was named by the Eva Perón Foundation, which funded the suburb for working class Argentinians to live in, the city’s current name is back to Ciudad Evita, and around 70,000 people live there today.
SHE TRAVELED TO EUROPE ON A “RAINBOW TOUR.”
the “Rainbow Tour,” Perón’s goodwill trip included meetings with Francisco Franco, Pope Pius XII, and Charles de Gaulle. Dressed to the nines, she gave money to poor children in Spain, visited the Palace of Versailles, she mede a statement that everyone is equal.
YOU CAN SEE HER ELABORATE CLOTHING AT THE OFFICIAL EVITA PERÓN MUSEUM.
In July 2002, to commemorate 50 years since her death, Museo Evita (The Evita Museum) opened in Palermo, Buenos Aires. Founded by Cristina Alvarez Rodriquez, Perón’s grand-niece, the museum shows designer clothing on display—she famously wore Dior dresses, tailored suits, and eye-catching jewelry, especially after her return from Europe.
I saw different clothing museums in Holland I would love to go There to!
SHE HELPED ARGENTINIAN WOMEN WIN THE RIGHT TO VOTE.
Perón believed that all women should have the right to vote, so she gave radio addresses, wrote articles, and made speeches at rallies supporting women’s suffrage. And she succeeded in her goal. Argentina’s senate sanctioned the women’s suffrage bill in 1946, and it became law in 1947, making it legal for women to vote and run for office.
CANCER PREVENTED HER FROM RUNNING FOR VICE PRESIDENT.
In January 1950, Perón fainted and was diagnosed with advanced cervical cancer (though other sources say she had uterine cancer). She underwent various procedures including a hysterectomy, and she was the first Argentine to undergo chemotherapy, but the cancer metastasized. In 1951, she announced her candidacy for vice president to her husband as president. Millions of working class Argentinians and members of labor unions supported her, but members of the military elite did not. Due to their opposition as well as her cancer—she was weak, thin, and in great pain—she decided to withdraw from the race.
SHE MAY HAVE HAD A LOBOTOMY IN A LAST-DITCH EFFORT TO EASE HER PAIN.
Perón’s medical records suggest that she may have had a prefrontal lobotomy in June 1952, a month before she died. Although the purpose of the lobotomy was to control the pain and anxiety caused by her advanced cancer, she died on July 26, 1952 at 33 years old.
MILLIONS OF MOURNERS ATTENDED HER FUNERAL.
And millions of Argentinians loved her and saw her as a saint. Before she died, Argentina’s Congress gave Perón the official title of “Spiritual Leader of the Nation.” Her state funeral was fitting for a queen. Three million people in Buenos Aires reportedly attended her funeral and mass, and long lines of people waited to see her body on display at the Ministry of Labor.
HER CORPSE WAS MISSING FOR 16 YEARS.
The bodies of Juan and Eva Perón on display in Buenos Aires.
After her body was embalmed and put on display, a military coup overthrew Juan Perón in 1955. He fled to Spain, and the new military leaders banned anything that was pro-Perón. They removed Eva Perón’s corpse, In 1957, they sent the body to a cemetery in Milan, Italy, to be buried under a fake name.
She was an example for her people, friends and for us years later. She is an inspiration!!

I HAD TEARS IN MY EYES! NOW I AM OFF FOR THE NEXT SURPRISES KEEP YOU POSTED!!

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