page_title: Prudencia Ayala
section_title: Death and legacy
hierarchical_section_title: Prudencia Ayala / Death and legacy
caption_attribution_description: Español: Placa en honor a prudencia ayala, en san salvador
context_page_description: Prudencia Ayala was a Salvadoran writer, social activist and pioneer campaigner for women's rights in El Salvador and first woman to run for president in El Salvador and Latin America.
context_section_description: Prudencia Ayala died on July 11, 1936, away from the political arena, but close to the masses and social movements. There is no proof of her participation of the worker's uprising in 1932, but it is believed that she collaborated with the uprisings. 
  In March 2009, to celebrate Women's Day, and in tribute to Prudencia Ayala, the play Prudencia en tiempos de brujería was staged.
  In March 2017, Avenue 10 South in the San Jacinto neighborhood of San Salvador was named Avenida Prudencia Ayala, one of only two streets in the Salvadoran capital named after a woman.  A plaque commemorating the name change notes:
  Prudencia Ayala, Salvadoran of Indigenous blood, precursor of the fight for women's human rights.
caption: Plaque commemorating the naming of Avenue Prudencia Ayala in March 2017, San Salvador.
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