Like most countries today, ideas surrounding the role of women are changing. One of Latin America's biggest influences on changing the gender norms that women were often subjected to was Evita Peron. She was an Argentine politician during the first half of the 20th century and what made her special was that she was a clear example of a woman holding a position of power (Dawson 2011). She was also the head of the Peronist Women's Party, which helped give women the right to vote in Argentina (Dawson 2011). This transition is a far cry from what liberals from the early 19th century thought about women. Even the scope of the praised Declaration of Right of Man and Citizen didn't include these rights for women. Historically, societies of Latin America
