Researcher and professor of Latin American and Spanish studies at the University of Sydney, Fernanda Peñaloza, explains Evita's strong influence at the time.
"Her figure was hated and loved with intensity in equal parts: some saw her as a saint, a benefactress, a revolutionary, a woman determined to bring social justice to every corner of the country. Others described her as ambitious, adventurous, resentful, selfish and false, full of hatred and hypocritical." (see google docs)