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Argentina's Eva Peron
Christina Alvarez Rodriguez, describes her great aunt Evita as 'A woman of action'
Christina Alvarez Rodriguez - Eva Peron's grand niece - describes the childhood and rise to power of one of the world's richest and most powerful women, wife of President Peron of Argentina.
"She would directly attend the people... They went there knowing they could wait and be seen by Evita and that they were going to be able to explain their needs. She had a lot of contact with people."
Picture: Eva Peron, Credit: Getty Images
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