The purpose was to transfer social work from the Catholic church to the association after the Argentine independence.
[3] During the second half of the nineteenth century, the Socieded de Beneficencia administered various schools for girls, women's hospitals, mental institutions, and penitentiaries.
The organization also contributed to charitable causes and relief funds outside of Buenos Aires.
Evita was furious and moved against the society, effectively bringing it to an end.
She then created the Eva Perón Foundation to replace it, which she ran and which was much more comprehensive in scope.