Thesis: Her experience as a member of the lower class who
overcame poverty and her belief in bringing justice
to the poor made everything that she did for the
people of Argentina possible.
I. Taking action
A. Collections for the needy
B. The Secretariat
II. Continuing the action
A. The Eva Peron Foundation
B. The Social Help Crusade
C. The Hospital Train
D. Twelve hospitals
III. Helping women
IV. Helping children
V. Helping the elderly
VI. Seeing Eva's viewpoint
Eva Peron
'Mi vida por Peron!' ('My life for Peron!') [Evita]
cried a thousand times before the roaring crowds, and
then she died. There are parallels that could be
drawn between her life and the lives of other
obsessively ambitious women who have forced their way
through poverty and fame.but instead popular memory
finds parallels between Evita's life and the lives of
the saints, because she did it all for someone else.
(Guillermoprieto 100)
From Colonel Juan Peron's election in 1946 until her death from cancer
in 1952, Eva Duarte de Peron greatly altered the lives of the Argentine
people. Knowing from her childhood what it was like to belong to the
lower class population of Argentina, she felt she had the inside
connection to making conditions better for her "descamisados," or
"shirtless ones." Her experience as a member of the lower class who
overcame poverty and her belief in bringing justice to the poor made
everything she did for the people of Argentina possible.
Social injustice was everywhere in Argentina. It was too much for Eva
to bear, so she decided to take action (Peron 12). Eva Duarte met her
opportunity to work for the government when an earthquake destroyed most
of the city of San Juan on January 15, 1944. She helped take
collections for the needy (To Be I). Later, she chose to work in the
Secretariat of Labor and Social Welfare. In this department she was
able to meet many people and hear all of their stories and problems
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