Eva Perón Eva Perón's popularity more than half a century after her death, Alma Guillermoprieto writes that, "Evita's life has evidently just begun." Eva Peron appears on the 100 peso note first issued in 2012 and scheduled for replacement sometime in 2018. The titles given to Eva Peron are the following: 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
Spiritual Leader of the Nation of Argentina many unofficial titles in addition to ""La Presidenta"", such as the "Lady of Hope", "First Samaritan", "Lady of the Descamisados", the "Rainbow of Argentina", and Santa (Saint) Evita. As the wife of the President, Eva, of course, held the title of First Lady. In 1951 the Peronist Party nominated Evita to run for the office of Vice President and Senate President of the Argentine Nation, but many issues such as opposition from the Argentine military, Perón's personal fear of political opposition to his wife, and especially her illness contributed to Eva withdrawing her candidacy. Without her uterine cancer, it seems