Eva Peron

Article from Teen Ink about Heroes.

Impressions of Sir John Balfour, the British Ambassador to Buenos Aires in the 1950s.

Selected quotes from her speeches.

Photo of the family mausoleum in Recoleta Cemetery.

Excerpts from La Mujer Reserva Moral, Eva's views on womanhood, include her speeches and writings.

Closer view of Evita's plaque at the Duarte Family mausoleum in Recoleta Cemetery.

Augustin Magaldi, a tango singer, helped Eva Peron's early career.

Excerpts from various speeches.

Account from the Manchester Guardian dated Monday July 28, 1952.

Analysis of her life and the musical by the Manchester Guardian.

Biography by Alicia Dujovne Ortiz and Shawn Fields from amazon.com.

Photos of Eva at various functions.

Julie M. Taylor's book available at amazon.com, examines the myths and legends of Eva.

Biography photos and newsletter in this site maintained by the family of Eva Duarte de Peron.

Brief and simplistic view of their life together.

Article by By Eugene Robinson of the Washington Post Foreign Service, dated January 1, 1997.

Brief biography recounts her rise to power and fame.

Excerpt from Evita Peron - "Saint or Courtesan" by Robert Van Dine.

DVD edition of the movie starring Madonna, Antonio Banderas and Jonathan Pryce.

Story of the musical by composer Andrew Lloyd Webber and lyricist Tim Rice.

Biography, by Nicholas Fraser, is also a study of Peronism and Argentinian politics of the 1930s and 1940s.

"Though Evita died in 1952 at the age of thirty-three from complications of 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. But how did Evita, Marie Eva Duarte de Peron, come to such power?"

Article printed 44 years after her death explores the myths and the legends.

Synopsis of a documentary filmed in Argentina

"Evita: woman and myth, beloved in death, her legend in Argentina lives on"

Biography from the Biography Resource Center.

List of accomplishments of the government of Juan Perón, regarded as "one of the most progressive in Latin American history in the 20th century."