PEOPLE
For my first article about our people, I want to start with a woman who made history in El Salvador, maybe some of you may not know but the native roots of the Latins come from indigenous origins, our native language was actually the Nahualt here in El Salvador, of course. The person I am referring to is Prudencia Ayala, a woman with indigenous roots grew up in a beautiful city of El Salvador, called Santa Ana, where you find many tours through her beautiful villas, by the way. Prudencia could not complete her studies for family economic resources, what many Salvadorans have suffered, but despite this obstacle she managed to make history with her ingenuity and determination.
One of the things that characterized Prudencia that her criterion before actions on the part of the authorities, she said she was in favor of anti-imperialism, feminism and Central American unionism. But expressing her position and her opinion in these situations that they were going through (period 1913-1928) caused the authorities to imprison her in Guatemala.
In 1930, she tried to run as a candidate for the presidency of the republic. The curious thing about this was not only the fact that a woman ran for president because of how things were at that time, but because in the government of El Salvador did not recognize the right to women's suffrage. Among of her proposals were support for unions, honesty and transparency in public administration, limitation of the distribution and consumption of brandy, respect for freedom of worship and recognition of "illegitimate children" (children out of wedlock). ), her application was rejected but it gave impulse to the feminine movement that allowed that the right to the feminine suffrage was recognized in 1939, which now we have the right to be part of an important decision. Prudencia Ayala died on July 11, 1936. In the center of San Salvador, near the Metropolitan Cathedral, there is a small plaza with the name of Ayala. On the site there is a plaque that says:
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Prudencia Ayala, Salvadoran of indigenous blood, forerunner of the struggle for the human rights of women.