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María del Carmen Cerruti Carricart

Born 8 Sep 1944

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A life in time

  1. 8 Sep 1944

    Born

  2. 17 May 1971

    A daughter is born

Family

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During her lifetime

She has lived through 9 decades. Pick one to hear and see what it was like.

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The 1940s · María is born

What people wore

The Divito fashion for men

In the 1940s and 1950s, a popular masculine style known as moda Divito featured baggy trousers with 10-centimeter-high cuffs and a wide sash, 15 to 20 centimeters tall, worn to secure the pants above the waist.

Music

Folk music record hits

In 1947, the rasguido doble El rancho 'e la Cambicha became a massive hit, selling three million copies and helping kickstart a cultural shift toward folk music in Argentine homes.

Getting around

Train travel times between towns

The "Expreso Epecuen" train service between Puente Alsina and Carhué operated with a travel time of 10 hours between 1945 and 1960.

Around the world1945

The United Nations

Fifty-one countries, Brazil among them, founded the UN to keep the peace after the war.

The Second World War. The deadliest war in history, from 1939 to 1945: some 70 million people died. Brazil sent 25,000 soldiers to fight in Italy.Around the world · 1939–1945

The Second World War. The deadliest war in history, from 1939 to 1945: some 70 million people died. Brazil sent 25,000 soldiers to fight in Italy.

Chief Photographer's Mate (CPHoM) Robert F. Sargent · public domain
The Universal Declaration of Human Rights. The UN set down, for the first time, the rights every person has, whoever and wherever they are.Around the world · 1948

The Universal Declaration of Human Rights. The UN set down, for the first time, the rights every person has, whoever and wherever they are.

FDR Presidential Library & Museum · CC BY 2.0

What it cost

Rising wages for Argentine workers

In the late 1930s, an Argentine worker earned half the income of an English laborer, but by 1954, wages reached 58 percent of national income, the highest in history.