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"Maria Eva Duarte de Peron, affectionately known as Evita, was still in her early 30s when she died of cancer. . . . At his side while he was president from 1946, she created her own charitable organization, the Social Welfare Federation, a bountiful dispenser of patronage that convinced poor Argentines of her warm-hearted concern for their well-being, and was a key source of support for her husband. Under her influence women in Argentina got the vote in 1950." [Furtado: 1001 Days]