Results: Evita
Published on 02/27/2015
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Maria Eva Duarte de Peron or Eva Peron was the wife of Argentine President Juan Domingo Peron and the First Lady of Argentina from 1946 until her death in 1952. She was the most loved and hated woman in the Argentinean history. Born out of wedlock, Evita left school when she was 16 and went to Buenos Aires to pursue her dream of becoming a star. She found a job on one of the radio stations and remained there until, in 1943, she met Juan Peron, the Secretary of Labor and Social Welfare. Evita began a relationship with Peron and she helped him to win popular support. On 21 October 1945, Evita and Juan were married. Evita kept her promise to the working classes supporting higher wages and greater social welfare benefits. The result was very popular with the poor masses, but far less popular with the elite. Did you hear about Evita´s role in the Argentinean history before?
Yes
45%
864 votes
No
55%
1036 votes
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Which of these facts about Evita did you know before this survey?
In 1947, she set up the Maria Eva Duarte De Peron Welfare Foundation, which distributed money, food and medicines to those most in need.
13%
248 votes
Evita had a high public profile, visiting factories and hospitals, and holding meetings with those whom she was trying to help.
25%
474 votes
She took an active interest in health policy, supervising projects to eradicate some of the most crippling diseases including tuberculosis, malaria and leprosy.
17%
317 votes
Before Evita there was almost no middle class in Argentina. She managed to guarantee that any worker who wanted it, could get credit for a decent home, a car, have free education and medical attention.
16%
309 votes
Suffrage for women was enacted in 1947, largely due to the energy and soul that Evita poured into the campaign.
15%
293 votes
None of these
63%
1190 votes
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She died from cancer on 26 July 1952, aged just 32. Public grief was intense, and unprecedented in Argentina. Three years after Eva Peron's death, her embalmed corpse disappeared, removed by the Argentinean military in the wake of a coup that deposed her husband. It then went on a global odyssey for nearly two decades. In October 1976 her body was finally placed in her family's mausoleum in Recoleta Cemetery in Buenos Aires. Did you know before this survey about her body being stolen?
Yes
10%
192 votes
No
90%
1708 votes
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Did you ever visit the Pink House in Argentina?
Yes
3%
50 votes
No
97%
1850 votes
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