Visitación Padilla Irias (*Talanga, Francisco Morazán, July 2, 1882 – February 12, 1960, Comayagüela, DC) was an educator and feminist activist.
[1] She graduated and became a teacher in 1909, then in 1913 became a member of the organization named “Ateneo de Honduras” together with writers Rafael Heliodoro Valle y Froilán Turcios, introducing her organizational qualities.
[Nota 1] In 1926 the group received governmental funding from the doctor Miguel Paz Barahona to decree the “day of the mother”.
During this time it was rumored that the dictator Doctor and general Tiburcio Carias Andino would leave their governmental position and the dictatorship that had reigned since 1936; Padilla expressed her opinions in the newspapers “Orientación” and “Ciudadano.” A year later, Carias retired from his position in government and allowed the election of generals that would be won by Juan Manuel Gálvez.
In addition to being a columnist for the newspaper “El Nacional”, wrote the children's book Azucenas and the essay Pasatiempos e Historias de la Educación Pública Hondureña.