How Did Evita Peron Revolutionize The Country

Evita Peron, an Argentine actress, radio broadcaster, and politician, struck deep into the hearts of countless individuals who had been living under the shadows of Argentina's richest families for decades. What started out as a girl living in poverty, dreaming of one day starring in her own movies and plays, eventually turned into Evita seeking the title of the first lady of the country. Through the struggles she endured and the odds against her due to her being a woman with no rights, the working class fell in love with their new first lady who would eventually revolutionize the country though her ability as a politician by giving the lower class workers better conditions and a start on the countries women's rights movement.
As a child, Evita Peron was a girl who seemed to have no success in her future. Growing up in a small, poor town named ‘Los Toldos’, a town described by a foreigner as a place to visit if you’re
leaning towards the idea of suicide, Evita appeared to be troubled girl who struggled to maintain any social relationships and possessed many characteristics that would make a bad wife. She admits that most of her troubles were because of the traumatic experience of her father's death, however, most children from towns like Toldos seemed to not have a future solely based on where they came from, the money they had, and the rights you had based on gender. Despite what everyone said about her future as a poor woman, she knew she wanted out of life and wasn’t going to let the unfair ruling of her country
It wasn’t until the 1930’s, When Evita was fulfilling her childhood dream of becoming an actress, did Evita understand what truly was wrong with her country. Argentina was filled with families who tirelessly worked to earn enough for food and a place to sleep, and women had several additional hardships such as job stability, low pay, and eve finding a job at all because of the lack of women's rights. Argentina was in a state of instability. When Evita Peron was 16 and off on her own working as an actress, Evita realized the full effect of gender inequality within her country. Evita was making as little as two dollars a night, while a male of her same skill and profession would be able to make a substantial amount more money in a shorter time. She also learned that the small village she called home wasn’t the only part of the country that was poor, it was so many more. People were living on the streets and countless more were in the need of better paying jobs to support their families. Finding a job that would pay her enough to survive was one of Evita's hardest obstacles as a teenager, however, she fought through all the odds and kept pushing to survive until she married Juan Peron, who at the time was in the attempt of winning over the people of Argentina for his election as president.
The people of Argentine liked Juan from the start, but with the help of Evita, the people began to fall in love him. In his numerous speeches, he incorporated Evita’s ideas, such as higher wages and fairer hours, and thus caused the vast majority of the working class people to support Juan until it was at the point where Juan only regurgitated the words Evita had said. However, while the people loved Juan and his future wife, the soldiers of the country hated him. They knew all too well that they were being ran by a woman, which hurt their masculine pride and sense of dignity. They eventually started turning on their own government until Juan was forced to resign.
Within an instant of Evita hearing news of her lover's fate she went directly to him and begged him to try to win his position back which he simply ignored saying there was nothing for him to do, but Evita was not going to let Juan ruin everything she worked up to. That same day, Evita had made call after call to gather government office holders to join her and Juan for a meeting. Dozens of officials and generals showed up, some who despised Juan and others who still saw him as a friend, but regardless of their feelings about Juan upon arrival to the meeting, all left on his side and were filled with the idea each of them holding the destiny of the country in their hands because of Evita’s motivational words she spoke during the meeting. They helped her close down the newspaper and also helped her get access to the top radio broadcasting programs. That next evening, Argentina was given its first demonstration of Evita Peron’s nation wide power. With the paper closed, they people began to rally to the Ministry of labors for answers and found Juan Peron waiting behind a podium and speech prepared by Evita. With a crowd of nearly 30,000, and the entire speech broadcasted live over the entire country, Evita had started a rebellion with the government. Another war was too much for the government to handle after the loss they sustained in WWII. The government was forced to re-establish Juan Peron into office and Evita was able to continue Juan’s campaign. A few months later, Juan would be named president of Argentina and Evita was named first lady.
Right after Juan had won the Election in 1946, Evita sought to finally bring the people of Argentina the things they promised.
Evita worked tirelessly day and night signing forms to give workers higher wages, which was a duty Juan had left to the First Lady. For months this persisted, but she never denied any unreasonable request and kept working. In her free time, she worked on bringing in an end to the lack of women's voice in Argentina, a feat which seemed impossible because the lack of support she had from other government officials. However, Evita was never one to give up and after just 1 year since her husband had entered office as president, she was able to bring women the right to vote and gave women the ability to run for government positions in the form of written law in 1947 (Mental Floss). Due to her death, just 5 months after revolutionizing change her country, Evita was only able to witness the great duty she had done for Argentina for a brief time, however, the effects were groundbreaking and inspired many to continue her
legacy. Seventy years later, in current day Argentina, woman hold a great deal of seats within government with the current standings reaching 38% of seats in parliament filled by women (Gutenberg). The country also elected their first female president in 2007 named Cristina Fernandez, who currently is attempting to return to an office position as a senator of the capital (Jones). Currently, Argentina remains placed within the top countries with the most female representation in government. The people of Argentina understand that they can no longer deny women the rights they deserve and are in fact embracing the movement by electing female officials to solve nationwide problems.
Evita Peron today is remembered for the great efforts she brought forth to her country during a time where change was needed most. A time where working class families slaved themselves to earn enough to put food on the table, and a time where women had no voice within their country. Against all odds, Evita finally brought the people of Argentina a fairer way of life. She is the country's hero of the 1950’s and will be forever remembered for her contribution to her country despite her ability to be able to indulge in the luxuries herself.