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María Eva Duarte de Perón (May 7, 1919 – July 26, 1952) was the second wife of ArgentinePresidentJuan Perón. She was born in Los Toldos. She was the First Lady of Argentina from 1946 until she died and she served with her husband as an unofficial co-ruler of Argentina during those years.

Before she died, the National Congress of Argentina made her Spiritual Leader of the Nation. She was an actress before she married Perón.

Early life

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Eva grew up fairly poor and had wanted to become an actress since an early age.

At sixteen, she left school and moved to Buenos Aires to pursue her dream of stardom.

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She got a job at a radio station there until she met Juan Perón at a charityconcert held for the victims of the earthquake of San Juan in 1944. Soon, the two became very close and they were married on October 21, 1945. Eva was an active campaigner in Juan Perón's presidential campaign in 1946, and when he was elected, she continued to play an ac