Eva Perón Eva Perón María Eva Duarte de Perón (7 May 1919 – 26 July 1952) was the wife of Argentine President Juan Perón (1895–1974) and First Lady of Argentina from 1946 until her death in 1952. She is usually referred to as Eva Perón or Evita. She was born in poverty in the rural village of Los Toldos, in the Pampas, as the youngest of five children. At 15 in 1934, she moved to the nation's capital of Buenos Aires to pursue a career as a stage, radio, and film actress. She met Colonel Juan Perón there on 22 January 1944
RMS Lady of Mann and the Hook from such ports as Dover and Harwich. "Lady of Mann" returned to her home port, Douglas, on 9 March 1946, where she was given a civic reception. A local paper that week said that during her war service "Lady of Mann" had carried more than 2,000,000 troops. She was reconditioned by Cammell Laird & Co at Birkenhead and after her proud war service, "Lady of Mann" returned to her duties with the Isle of Man Steam Packet Company on 14 June 1946. Like her sister , "Lady of Mann" only sailed during the summer season, and this