Visitación Padilla

Visitación Padilla Irias was a feminist activist and a teacher in Honduras who lived from July 2, 1882, to February 12, 1960, in Comayaguela. In addition to promoting anti-alcohol leagues and fighting for the rights of Honduran women, Padilla created the mutualistic associations of Honduras. Her contribution to the protests against the United Fruit Company of Comayagua's numerous violations was crucial.

Padilla expressed himself verbally in the National Defense Bulletin during the civil war of 1924. In the same year, she led a strong group of Tegucigalpa society ladies in founding the Feminine Cultural Society, which is widely regarded as the first women's organization in the nation. The organization was given government funding in 1926 by the physician Miguel Paz Barahona to proclaim the "day of the mother."

In 1929, Padilla gave up teaching. She received an invitation to the celebration of the newspaper La Gaceta founding the following year (1930). A year later, Carias left his post in the government and permitted the election of generals, which Juan Manuel Gálvez would win. On January 25, 1954, the republic of Honduras approved an official law recognizing women's rights and granting them the right to vote. The president at the time was the accountant Julio Lozano Daz. The relentless activist Padilla was present.