EVA DUARTE-PERN
(Argentina - 1919-1952)

Daughter of the Argentine

SYMBOLS

1. Old Spanish altar - Political implications of church -- state control of Argentina.

2. Lilies and serpent - Represent women's conflict with purity and sensuality.

3. Crucified feet of Christ - Who also died at the age of thirty-three.

4. White dress and veil - White symbolizes simplicity, light, illumination, innocence. In Christianity, it is worn at all sacraments. The veil symbolizes concealment; that which conceals can also reveal, thus:

5. The grenade - Symbolizing the future struggle for power incorporating violence.