july second wife argentine president served lady argentina death usually referred spanish spanish language born rural village youngest children moved nation capital buenos_aires pursue career stage radio film actress met colonel january charity event park stadium benefit victims earthquake san_juan argentina married following year elected president argentina years powerful pro trade unions primarily speaking behalf labor rights ran health founded ran charitable championed women suffrage argentina founded ran nation large scale female political party announced candidacy nomination office vice president argentina receiving great support political base low income working class referred ones opposition nation military coupled declining health ultimately forced withdraw candidacy shortly death cancer given title spiritual leader nation given state funeral death generally reserved heads state international popular culture famously subject musical great niece claims left collective consciousness elected female president argentina claims women generation owe debt example passion early life early childhood autobiography contains dates references childhood occurrences list location birth birth according civil registry birth certificate shows born certificate lists date birth thought adult created birth certificate marriage spent childhood province father descended french immigrants mother descended spanish immigrants wealthy nearby wife family time rural argentina uncommon wealthy man multiple families year old returned permanently legal family leaving children children forced area village dusty region reputation place poverty support children clothes neighbors family abandonment father illegitimate status children argentine law consequently somewhat isolated desire life motivation arrange destruction original birth certificate suddenly died mistress children sought attend funeral unpleasant scene church gates children permitted enter pay respects promptly directed church want husband mistress children funeral legitimate wife orders respected prior abandoning sole means support biographer writes abandonment left family document declaring children enabling use surname soon moved children room apartment pay rent single home mother daughters took jobs houses local eventually owing older brother financial help family moved bigger house later transformed boarding house time young participated school plays concerts favorite cinema mother apparently plans wanting marry local dreamed famous actress love acting reinforced october played small role school play called students arise barnes describes emotional patriotic flag waving melodrama play determined actress autobiography explained people town big cities described places given wealth age escaped poverty stricken village according popular myth ran young musician nation capital buenos_aires young couple relationship end quickly began remained buenos_aires began pursue jobs stage radio eventually film actress series relationships men acquire number modeling appointments natural black hair blond look maintain duration life reported traveled buenos_aires train singer biographers maintain unlikely record married performing usually traveled wife sisters maintain traveled buenos_aires mother sisters claim accompanied daughter audition radio station arranged live family friends family method escape bleak provincial surroundings debated begin new life buenos_aires buenos_aires 1930s known paris south america center city restaurants theaters movie houses shops crowds direct contrast 1930s years great unemployment poverty hunger capital new arrivals interior forced live outlying known arrival buenos_aires faced difficulties surviving formal education connections city especially period caused great depression march professional debut play toured nationally theater company worked model cast grade movie experienced economic stability company called sponsored soap manufacturer hired daily role radio dramas called aired important radio station country time later year signed year contract assured role popular historical drama program called played elizabeth england russia eventually came radio company earning thousand month making highest paid radio actresses nation jointly ran said liked noted thoroughly short lived film career films appeared hugely successful films del played young country girl older woman movie star result success radio dramas films achieved financial stability able apartment exclusive neighborhood year began career politics founders early relationship january earthquake occurred town san_juan argentina killing people response secretary labour established fund raise money aid victims devised plan artistic festival fundraiser invited radio film actors participate week fundraising participants met gala held park stadium benefit earthquake victims gala january met colonel promptly colonel mistress referred day met future husband day write left gala morning claim knowledge interest politics prior meeting argued inner circle merely absorbed heard later claimed memoir selected pupil set create second suggest allowed intimate exposure knowledge inner circle age met come politics late life free ideas political career conducted willing accept aid offered announced broadcast performers organize union union permitted operate argentina shortly union formed elected president speculate suggestion performers create union performers likely felt good politics elect mistress shortly election president union began daily program called soap opera form accomplishments speeches played program spoke spoke ordinary language regular woman wanted listeners believe believed rise power arrest early group army officers called nicknamed gained considerable influence argentine government president wary growing power government unable curb power february signed resignation paper claim drafted friend president returned job labor minister claim point powerful man argentine government october arrested opponents government feared strong support workers poor nation popularity eclipse sitting president days later people gathered argentina government house demand release wish granted stepped balcony addressed crowd biographer claims moment powerful dramatic recalled important aspects argentine history writes enacted role addressing people tradition argentine leaders claims evening contained mystic overtones quasi religious nature credited organizing rally thousands freed prison october version events popularized movie version musical historians agree version events unlikely time imprisonment merely actress political labor unions claimed liked inner circle liked film radio business point imprisoned suddenly reality massive rally freed prison organized unions came known day date october holiday argentina celebrated loyalty day follow shocking nearly connected politically rising star married despite childhood having uncertain reputation love loyal devotion arrest touched deeply married providing known juan married civil ceremony october church wedding december presidential election victory release prison decided campaign presidency nation won landslide campaigned heavily husband presidential bid weekly radio delivered powerful speeches heavy populist rhetoric urging poor align movement wealthy radio modeling success highlighted humble upbringing way showing solidarity impoverished classes husband visited corner country woman argentina history appear public campaign trail husband appearance alongside husband offended establishment wealthy military political life popular general public knew radio motion picture appearances phase life encouraged argentine population refer simply spanish nickname roughly equivalent little european tour embarked publicized rainbow tour europe meeting numerous dignitaries heads state pope write tour genesis invitation spanish leader extended political reasons decided visit write argentina recently emerged wartime taking place united_nations improving relations united_states visit franco portugal remaining west european authoritarian leaders power internationally write decided accept franco invitation state visit spain advisors decided visit european countries addition spain sympathies specifically franco fascist spain europe tour billed political tour non political goodwill tour received spain visited tombs spanish monarchs ferdinand isabella recovered spanish civil war economy meant country feed people visit spain handed notes poor children met journey received franco highest award given spanish government visited rome reception warm spain pope papal decoration allowed time usually allotted queens given stop france generally received visited palace versailles sites met promised france shipments wheat france received word receive planned visit britain regardless advise visit viewed state visit wrote regarded royal family refusal meet canceled trip united_kingdom gave exhaustion official reason going britain visited switzerland european tour visit viewed worst trip according book biography traveled street people car threw stones smashed threw hands shock injured later sitting foreign minister protesters threw tomatoes tomatoes hit foreign minister dress events months returned argentina members opposition speculated true purpose european tour deposit funds swiss bank account opposition buenos_aires write assumed genuine purpose european visit husband deposit money swiss bank accounts rest devised conceal wealthy convenient conspicuous ways money swiss accounts meeting swiss foreign minister shown watch factory conclude swiss bank account unlikely tour europe featured cover story time magazine cover worlds argentine rainbow reference given european tour rainbow tour time periodical history south american lady appeared cover appeared cover story publication mention born retaliation periodical banned argentina months returning argentina europe appeared public complicated movie star days brilliant gold color subdued tone style changed hair pulled severely heavy additionally extravagant clothing refined tour longer wear elaborate hats form fitting dresses argentine designers soon adopted simpler fashionable paris particularly attached christian attempt political persona began appear public wearing conservative stylish business like combination skirts jackets paris houses charitable feminist activities society charity group society ladies responsible charity works buenos_aires prior election write point institution caring homeless women days long passed time term 1800s supported private contributions largely husbands society ladies 1940s supported government tradition elect lady argentina president charity ladies approve impoverished background lack formal education career actress write ladies afraid set bad example society ladies extend position president organization said government funding cut retaliation suggest version events dispute government funding previously supported went support foundation created july later renamed simply funding began provided woman whip english language biography author writes account records kept foundation merely means government money private swiss bank accounts controlled counter claims writing minister finance kept records foundation began simplest response poverty encountered day office social services charity called argentina writes foundation supported donations cash goods unions private businesses general donated man days later reduced salary worker year tax lottery movie tickets helped support foundation levy casino revenue horse races notes cases businesses pressured donate foundation negative repercussions resulting requests donations met years foundation assets cash goods excess billion million exchange rate late 1940s employed workers construction workers priests purchased distributed annually pairs shoes machines cooking foundation gave scholarships built homes hospitals charitable institutions aspect foundation supervision foundation built entire communities exists today claim works health services foundation time history inequality argentine health care write work foundation played large role leading consider saint unnecessary practical standpoint set aside hours day meet poor requested help foundation meetings poor kissed poor allowed kiss witnessed placing hands wounds sick poor touching kissing write argentina secular respects essentially catholic country kissed touched ceased president wife acquired characteristics saints depicted catholicism poet man wealthy background reflected times witnessed meeting poor sort literary perception people poor given christian allowing christian sense write end life working hours day foundation ignoring husband request cut workload weekends worked poor foundation adopted outraged attitude existence poverty saying wished insults wanted hit people face day day help people writes work foundation felt crusade concept existence poverty social surprising writes public private took intensity simultaneously compares saying came akin woman women suffrage biographers wrote credited gaining right vote argentine women radio addresses support women suffrage published articles newspaper asking male support women right vote ultimately ability grant women right vote powers claim actions limited supporting bill introduced supporters bill eventually dropped new women suffrage bill introduced senate argentina sanctioned august necessary wait year house_of_representatives sanctioned september law established equality political rights men women universal suffrage argentina finally law approved unanimously public celebration ceremony signed law granting women right vote handed bill symbolically making created large female political party nation write party members headquarters country write consider feminist impact political life women decisive thousands previously women entered politics women active argentine politics combination female suffrage organization granted large majority percent vote presidential elections presidential election vice presidential nomination set sights earning place ballot candidate vice president angered military leaders despised increasing powers government according vice president automatically succeeds president event president death possibility president event death military accept receive great support working class unions intensity support drew groups said surprised write wide support proposed candidacy generated indicated important members august unions held mass rally million people called reference tribute local argentine government revolution addressed crowd balcony huge set blocks away official government house argentina overhead large portraits claimed largest public display support history female political figure mass rally crowd demanded publicly announce candidacy vice president pleaded time decision exchange crowd million time genuine spontaneous dialogue crowd chanting vice asked time mind crowd demanded eventually came compromise told audience announce decision radio days later declining health eventually declined invitation run vice president saying ambition large chapter history written husband mention woman brought hopes dreams people president woman eventually turned hopes dreams glorious reality rhetoric event come referred portraying having woman line hispanic myth biographers renounce ambition bow pressure husband military argentine upper class preferred enter race january public underwent surgery days later reported undergone diagnosed advanced cancer continued including evening extreme weakness severe bleeding evident health rapidly deteriorating diagnosis withheld juan knew bid vice presidency practical months underwent secret radical attempt advanced cancer yale studied skull rays photographic evidence said given months life relieve pain anxiety suffered final months illness election spiritual leader nation june rode parade buenos_aires celebration election president argentina point ill unable stand support underneath fur coat frame plaster wire allowed stand took triple dose pain medication parade took returned home ceremony days second inauguration given official title spiritual leader nation death aftermath death undergone performed american surgeon cancer returned rapidly argentine undergo novel treatment time despite available treatment weighing june died age saturday july radio broadcasts country interrupted announcement press secretary sad duty inform people republic hours spiritual leader nation died ordinary activities ceased movies stopped playing restaurants closed patrons shown door mourning immediately death government suspended official activities days ordered flags flown half staff days soon apparent measures fell short reflecting popular grief crowd outside presidential residence died grew dense streets blocks direction morning death body moved people crushed death following hours people treated city hospitals injuries sustained rush near body transported thousands treated spot following weeks lines stretch city blocks waiting hours body lie streets buenos_aires overflowed huge piles flowers day death flower shops buenos_aires run stock flowers flown country far away chile despite fact held political office eventually given state funeral usually reserved head state roman catholic requiem mass memorial held argentine team summer olympics death games august saturday body transferred congress building additional day public viewing memorial service attended entire argentine legislative body day final mass coffin laid gun carriage pulled officials followed cabinet family friends delegates representatives workers nurses students flowers thrown windows different interpretations popular mourning death reporters viewed mourning authentic saw public passion plays regime time magazine reported government enforced daily period minutes mourning following daily radio announcement time children born unmarried parents legal rights born married parents biographer professor said aware pain born illegitimate taylor speculates awareness influenced decision law changed illegitimate children henceforth referred natural children death argentine public told meant earlier birth certificate lady birth records altered read born married parents placed birth date years forward making younger memorial plans shortly death approached body write doubtful expressed wish suggest likely decision professor anatomy studied vienna maintained academic career madrid work occasionally referred art death highly advanced technique consisted replacing corpse blood preserved organs including brain created appearance giving body appearance rendered sleep known buenos_aires society work people spanish composer claims corpse began night death morning body completely infinitely suitable display public book argentina biographer claims english speaking nations north_america europe largely misunderstood argentina response death ornate funeral granted attributes misunderstanding unique cultural makeup argentina saying hispanic tradition opposition largely british ancestry disappearance return corpse shortly death plans construct memorial honour monument statue man representing projected larger statue liberty body stored base monument tradition corpse displayed public monument constructed body displayed office building years monument completed overthrown military coup hastily fled country unable arrangements secure body following flight military dictatorship took power new authorities removed body display whereabouts mystery years military dictatorship argentina issued ban illegal possess pictures juan home speak names military revealed body buried milan italy appeared body damaged transport storage face feet body having left upright position published fictionalized work new stories corpse allegations body object inappropriate derived description emotional assistant primary secondary references novel stated body way resulting widespread belief myth included allegations wax copies corpse damaged hammer wax copies object officer sexual final resting place body flown spain maintained corpse home juan wife decided corpse dining room platform near table came exile returned argentina president time died office wife married november elected vice president succeeded female president body returned argentina briefly displayed husband body later buried family tomb buenos_aires previous removal body stole corpse previously killed captive body pressure body body arrived argentina gave corpse abandoned street buenos_aires argentine government took elaborate measures tomb secure tomb marble floor leads compartment containing compartment second second compartment coffin rests biographers write claim tomb secure withstand nuclear attack reflects fear write fear body disappear tomb woman myth woman legacy criticism argentina latin_america latin_america woman aroused emotion devotion faith comparable awakened homes image wall virgin essay titled latin_america published christianity claims appeal success related latin american mythology concepts claims consciously incorporated aspects theology virgin mary public persona described woman appear public life latin_america interview referred sleeping beauty latin america suggested remained important cultural icon reasons fellow argentine latin american myths resistant mass exodus cuban people rapid isolation regime eroded myth remains alive dreams thousands young people latin_america africa europe symbolize certain naive effective beliefs hope better world life sacrificed altar poor earth myths reproduce image christ government holiday anniversary death marked year additionally featured argentine coins form argentine currency called named honor established located outside buenos_aires elected female president argentine history occasionally referred new says want compare claiming unique phenomenon argentine history says women generation came age 1970s military argentina owe debt offering example passion july 50th anniversary death museum opened honor called museum created great niece houses clothes portraits artistic life popular tourist attraction museum opened building book myths woman cultural claims remained important argentina combination unique factors images examined elements consistently linked mystical spirituality power revolutionary leadership display underlying common theme identification elements puts person group margins established society limits institutional authority identify images lays overwhelming echoing claim dominance forces recognize control society rules woman elements power taylor argues fourth factor continued importance argentina relates status dead woman power death holds public imagination taylor suggests corpse analogous catholic saints powerful symbolism largely catholic cultures latin_america extent continuing importance popularity attributed power woman power dead society vision structured death nature remains mystery society formally causes source disturbance disorder women dead death stand similar relation structured social forms outside public institutions unlimited official rules formal categories female corpse symbolic themes woman martyr lays double claim spiritual leadership british ambassador argentina regime describes popularity standard extraordinary woman think argentina latin_america men dominated world woman playing great role course aroused different feelings people lived called privileged people hated looked ruthless woman masses people hand looked lady heaven giant murals unveiled building current located avenue works painted argentine artist july commemorate anniversary death notes issued value controversial replaced making actual woman featured currency argentina image notes based design sketch found mint artist printing totals million notes clear government replace notes feature desert campaign allegations biographers write opponents start accused fascist diplomat united_states greatly supported opponents campaigned candidacy platform fascist nazi perception enhanced european tour guest honor franco politically isolated remaining retain power franco desperate need political ally nearly argentina population spanish descent natural argentina diplomatic relations spain commenting international perception european tour write inevitable viewed fascist context seen represent ideology run course europe emerge exotic theatrical form country president writes contrast nazi ideology anti semitic book american point view writes american government demonstrated knowledge deep admiration italy germany culture found rigid appreciate anti existed argentina views political associations anti semitic paid attention fact sought jewish community argentina assist developing policies important allies organizing industrial sector jewish immigrant poland biographer writes refers comments ambassador visiting argentina following statement social discrimination jews right new_york places home published article argentine writer journalist director latin american program titled woman fantasy prostitute fascist article writes accusations fascist nazi thief decades wrote allegations fascist ignorant ideology meant liked jewelry dresses desired need rob stated mother woman repeated believe commonly think lack sex appeal mentioned knew imaginary employed strategy letters figures accomplice nazis true juan facilitated entrance nazi criminals argentina hoping acquire advanced technology developed germans war played doctoral writes governments preceded anti semitic government enthusiastically attempted recruit jewish community government set branch jewish members known argentina government court argentine jewish community appoint jewish citizens public office writes regime latin_america accused fascist says regime fascist passed took hold latin_america additionally regime allowed rival political parties exist described international popular culture late 20th century subject numerous articles books stage plays musicals ranging biography woman whip movie called title role successful rendering life musical production musical began concept album produced title role later cast title role concept album adapted musical stage production london west end won musical won tony award best leading actress musical performance title character broadway production claims date musical stage production performed continent antarctica generated billion revenue early musical considered basis movie nearly year production delay madonna cast title role film version won golden globe award best actress musical comedy response american film alleged attempt offer politically accurate depiction life argentine film company released true story argentine production starred actress title role movie argentine submission oscar category best foreign language film writes perfect popular culture icon times career late 20th century common time considered entertainer public political life detractors argentina accused turning public political life business late 20th century claims public cult celebrity public political life insignificant regard ahead time writes story appealing celebrity obsessed age story confirms hollywood oldest clichés story reflecting popularity half century death writes life evidently begun
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