Evaperon Essay Research Paper Maria Eva Duarte

Evaperon Essay, Research Paper

Maria Eva Duarte was born on May 7, 1919 in Los Toldos Argentina. She was the youngest illegitimate child of Juan Duarte and his mistress Juana Ibarguen. Eva had a difficult childhood, her father had his own wife and children, and he gave Juana s Ibarguen children his last name and would visit them once in a while. When Eva was seven her father died living them in very poor conditions, all the family, her mother and the five children lived in a tiny one room and in order to pay the rent and have something to eat Eva s mother her sisters and herself had to work as cook s for a rich and powerful family in Los Toldos. It was then that Eva got her fist close look at the very wealthy families who controlled Argentina. Eva would recall her childhood in her book “La Razon de MI Vida : * I remember I was very sad for many days when I discovered that in the world there were poor people and rich people and the strange thing was that the existence of the poor did not cause me as much pain as the knowledge that at the same time there mere people who were rich . This was maybe one of the first time s that Eva felt the injustice of the world, that she felt that there had something to be done for those who did not have enough to eat.

In 1930 Juana Ibarguen decide to leave Los Toldos and left to Junin with all her family seeking for a better fortune. Evita had this dream of someday becoming an actress and she believed in herself saying that she indeed has vocation. She participated in some recitals and plays from school. By 1935 Eva had made up her mind of becoming a great actress. Just after her fifteen birthday Eva met a tango singer: Agustin Magaldi, who had come to Junin to give some presentations. Eva seeking her dream left with him to Buenos Aires. When she left to Buenos Aires, these were times of misery, unemployment and hunger in the country of Argentina. It was hard for her at the beginning; Evita would struggle for ten years leaving on a very low income. She would get some small parts on radio she was working in Belgrano Radio, and also some insignificant parts in theater. After ten years her luck started to change, she would climb her way up getting roles that made people start to recognize her as an actress; she also had some roles in a few movies.

On January 15, 1944 an earthquake almost destroyed the city of San Juan, thousands of people were killed. Juan Domingo Peron who had the post of Secretary of Labor and Welfare organized a national relief effort to aid the people of San Juan. He invited the most popular stars to participate; Eva Duarte was among them and helped aid the needy. On the 22 of January a festival was held with a great number of actors and actresses, all the benefits were destined for the victims of the earthquake. This was when Colonel Juan Domingo Peron and Eva Duarte met each other. This would be the beginning of a relationship that would leave a great mark in the history of Argentina. Juan Peron had been designated as vice-president and Eva had three programs in the Belgrano radio.

By now they had a relationship going and many people were not very fond of it. Eva convinced Peron to help the working class and the government did not like this at all. On October 9, something happened that would start a new change in the course of there lives, the president asked Peron to resign, Peron did. And Eva had been fired from the Belgrano radio. This was a moment when Eva would speak for their rights and fight for what she believed was right. So after Peron resigned Eva organized a lot of people who Peron had once helped and asked them that now it was their turn to help Juan Domingo Peron. A lot of people mostly the working class would stand up to the media and had Peron speak in public, by now all the people were supporting him after he had spoken to the crowd and the people were yelling Peron for president . This would be thanks to Eva and to the way she had moved the people to help Peron. She had fought elbow to elbow with them, putting together the movement and bringing the people to the Plaza, and placing herself in the first position of this movement. The people won Peron back. Later Eva would recall this event: * That week of October, 1945, is a week of many shadows and many lights. It would be better if we did not come to close we should look at it from father away. However this does not impede me from saying, with absolute frankness and in anticipation of what I would write someday in more detail that the light came only from the people . Eva would show great sympathy and love for the working class for the class that she would look after, for the descamisados or shirtless ones. This would bring a new beginning to the history of Argentina, this new beginning would have its foundations between one man, Peron, a woman, Eva, and the bases of his support the descamisados.

On December 9 Eva and Peron got married. By this time the people had chose Peron as candidate for the Labor Party, by the end of December the political campaign was al over the country. This would be the first time in history when a candidates wife would travel with him in a campaign and support him in front of all the nation, she would hand out buttons and propaganda and she would also greet the people personally, this was very smart of her for this would make the people feel at the same level as her and this would bring the people c