Eva Perón

"Don't cry for me, Argentina" - through her early death, Eva Perón became a legend. Andrew Lloyd Webber dedicated a musical to her, and Madonna portrayed her in film. Ursula Prutsch tells the short but intense life of a strong woman from humble beginnings who became a global myth, while also introducing the history of modern Argentina. At just 33 years old, "Evita" died of cancer. Nevertheless, the wife of Argentine President Juan Perón entered history as the most powerful woman in Latin America. To some, she was a feminist, a benefactor of the poor, and a saint of the workers; to others, she was an ambitious, calculating climber who staged charity as mere spectacle. Eva Perón's politics also involved polarizing and governing with emotions, which significantly shaped Peronist populism. Ursula Prutsch.