The Women's Cultural Society (''Sociedad Cultural Feminina'') was a women's organization in

Honduras Honduras, officially the Republic of Honduras, is a country in Central America. The republic of Honduras is bordered to the west by Guatemala, to the southwest by El Salvador, to the southeast by Nicaragua, to the south by the Pacific Oce ...

. It was founded in the 1920s, opposing the regime of Tiburcio Carias Andino and demanding women's economic and political rights.

Visitación Padilla Visitación Padilla (*Talanga, Francisco Morazán, July 2, 1882 – February 12, 1960, Comayagüela, DC) was an educator and feminist activist. Padilla organized the mutual aid societies of Honduras, strengthened anti-alcohol leagues and fervently ...

and

Graciela Amaya de García Graciela Amaya de García (11 January 1895 – 11 October 1995) was a Central American feminist and labor organizer. Born in El Salvador and trained as a teacher, she moved to Honduras at the age of twenty. Joining the socialist movement, she be ...

have each been credited with founding the organization.

History

The Women's Cultural Society was founded in 1923 or 1924. Founded in Tegucigalpa, the society had close links to the

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. Padilla was the first president, and later followed by Graciela García. The society established free evening classes for adult women, teaching social sciences, mathematics, Spanish, civics and handicrafts. It also hosted cultural and political seminars on cultural and political topics . The society also published a newsletter, ''Women's Culture''.

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