Excerpts from Books and Wikipedia
"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." [1001 Days]