Page 27 - Dispatches - Winter 2022

Eva Peron Mural in Buenos Aires, Argentina

Politician … activist … philanthropist … Eva Perón was every-
thing and more to the people of Argentina. As one of the most
celebrated figures in the country’s history, many memorials
honor her influence. Among those tributes are the gigantic
steel portraits on the north and south walls of Argentina’s
Ministry of Health Building. The south side is her official
portrait while the north depicts her giving an impassioned
speech. The location is significant as it was where one million
people gathered to show their support of her Vice Presidential
nomination in 1951.

Monument to Marie Curie
in Warsaw, Poland

While many people believe that revolutionary chemist
and physicist Madame Curie was French, she actually
hails from Warsaw, Poland where this tribute to her is
located. Leading pioneering research on radioactivity,
she discovered the elements of radium and polonium—
and she is seen here holding an artistic symbol for the
elements. She was not only the first woman to win
a Noble Prize, but she was the first person and only
woman to win it twice.

Marije Jurić Zagorke Statue

in Zagreb, Croatia
Known by her pen name of Zagorka, Marija Jurić Zagorka was a
pioneering Croatian writer for women in journalism and publishing.
She’s often considered the first woman journalist in Croatia and is
still among the most read writers in the nation. From 1925-1938,
she published and edited the first Croatian women’s magazine and
later became a founding member of the Croatian Female Writers’
Association. Aside from her statue in Zagreb, her former apartment
is now a museum, exhibiting items such as her typewriter.

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