The second wife of President Juan Domingo Peron of Argentina, Eva wanted to run for Vice President but was prevented from running by her husband. She was named the “Spiritual Leader of the Nation” in 1952. Eva created the first large female political in Argentina , the Female Peronist Party. She also founded the Eva Peron Foundation in 1948, which provides scholarships for underprivilaged children, and built homes, hospitals, and orphanages in underdeveloped areas. In 1950, Eva was diagnosed with cervical cancer, but the diagnosis was withheld from her by her husband. By 1951 she could not stand without help. Eva died in July, 1952. Her body placed on permanent display until a monument could be completed. After the coup d’etat in 1955, her husband fled the country so quickly that he did make arrangements for her body. Eva’s body went missing until 1971.
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