
Photo: Pinélides Aristóbulo Fusco / Public domain (source: Wikimedia Commons)
My Take
Eva Perón compresses more contradiction into thirty-three years than most public figures manage in eighty. An actress from provincial poverty who became the most powerful woman in the Americas, she understood—long before televised politics—that spectacle and sincerity could be the same weapon. I do not romanticize her uncritically; Peronism's legacy remains genuinely contested, and she was no saint. But her push for women's suffrage and her bond with Argentina's working class were real, not mere theater. What stays with me is the nickname: governments draped her in grand crosses, yet the people simply called her Evita. That gap between official honor and earned affection is her true biography.
Overview
María Eva Duarte de Perón (Spanish pronunciation: [maˈɾi.a ˈeβa ˈðwarte ðe peˈɾon]; née María Eva Duarte; 7 May 1919 – 26 July 1952), better known as Eva "Evita" Perón, was an Argentine politician, activist, and actress who served as First Lady of Argentina from June 1946 until her death in July 1952, as the wife of Argentine President Juan Perón.
Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Eva Perón
- Name (Japanese)
- エバ・ペロン
- Reading
- えば・ぺろん
- Born
- May 7, 1919 – July 26, 1952
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Taurus / Goat
- Origin
- Junín, Buenos Aires Province, Argentina
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- Private
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- politician / stage actor / film actor / trade unionist / women's rights activist
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Private
- University
- Private
Awards & achievements
- Grand Cross of the Order of Isabella the Catholic
- Grand Cross of the Order of the Condor of the Andes
- National Order of Merit
- Order of the Umayyads
- Grand Cross of the National Order of Honor and Merit
- Order of Boyacá
- Order of the Liberator General San Martín
- Order of Isabella the Catholic
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
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7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-11
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.