Argentina 1946: Evita Perón and the Women's Vote

In 1946, Argentina was on the cusp of a social revolution. Juan Domingo Perón had just won the presidency, but it was his wife, Eva Duarte de Perón, who would galvanize a movement. This episode explores Evita's rise from a small-town actress to the First Lady who championed women's suffrage, labor rights, and the descamisados. We trace the campaign for the Ley 13.010, the law that granted Argentine women the vote in 1947, and examine the political wrangling behind it. Evita's speech from the balcony of the Casa Rosada on September 23, 1947, marked a turning point. We also discuss the creation of the Peronist Female Party and the first women elected to Congress in 1951. But it wasn't all smooth—opposition from conservative sectors, the Catholic Church's ambivalence, and the limits of Peronist populism. This is the story of how one woman reshaped Argentine democracy.

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