The World: Isabelita: Per

In The Meaning of My Life, her effusive 1951 autobiography, Eva Perón declared: "He [Perón] taught me my first steps and everything from then on."

Maria ("Isabelita") Martinez de Perón, 42, has obviously learned more steps than did her predecessor. Evita's hopes of becoming Vice President in 1951 were dashed by a determinedly male-chauvinist military. This time round, with an overwhelming election victory for both Peróns, no such opposition is anticipated. Barring the total collapse of order in Argentina, Isabelita will become her country's first female Vice President on inauguration day, Oct. 12....

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