Evita grew up poor and got the urge to be an actress and ran away to Buenos Aires at the age of 15. To survive in Buenos Aires, Evita (as she is now known) worked doing small acting and radio parts, among other jobs. In 1944 at a fund-raiser for the victims of an earthquake, Evita met Colonel Juan Domingo Peron, a strong man in the military government, and became his mistress. Peron and Evita eventually married. In June 1946, after a turbulent campaign, Juan Peron was declared president of Argentina and Evita became first lady. Eva worked sixteen hour days running a society to right the wrongs of what she saw as Argentina's unequal society. She oversaw 12 hospital openings, a thousand new schools, medical centers, clinics, homes for the aged and more. Evita's passion to help the poor and working class made her a saint to these classes and an enemy to the wealthy. Evita died in 1952 at the age of 33 from uterine cancer. She had managed to become the most powerful woman in Argentina, despite being the illegitimate daughter of a poor servant and moderately wealthy land owner. She was adored by millions for her important role in Argentina's healing and personally saw and spoke with (as well as answered) 10,000 letters a day. �I demanded more rights for women because I know what women had to put up with.�
�I have one thing that counts, and that is my heart; it burns in my soul, it aches in my flesh, and it ignites my nerves: that is my love for the people and Peron.� - Evita Peron
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