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| | Eva Peron - MSN Encarta |
 | | Eva Perón, née María Eva Duarte (1919-1952), Argentine political figure and second wife of Juan Domingo Perón. |
 | | After his inauguration as president in 1946, she began to play an active role in politics, became his liaison with labor, created the Eva Perón Foundation (a social welfare institution), and organized the women's branch of the Justicialist Party. |
 | | By 1949, Evita, as she was affectionately known, was the second most influential figure in Argentina and coleader of the descamisados (“shirtless ones”), the mainstay of her husband's support. |
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