Aída Parada

After the 1928 founding of the Inter-American Commission of Women, the women decided to meet every two years, in addition to meeting for the scheduled Pan-American Conferences to foster ongoing unity and continuity. As such, the first meeting was held in Havana in 1930.{{cite journal|last1=Towns|first1=Ann|title=The Inter-American Commission of Women and Women's Suffrage, 1920-1945|journal=Journal of Latin American Studies|date=2010|issue=42|page=793|url=https://www.academia.edu/8578136|access-date=13 July 2015|publisher=Cambridge University Press|location=UK}} The members were [[Flora de Oliveira Lima]] (Brazil), Aída Parada (Chile), [[Lidia Fernández|Lydia Fernández]] (Costa Rica), [[Elena Mederos de González]] (Cuba), [[Gloria Moya de Jiménez]] (Dominican Republic), [[Irene de Peyré]] (Guatemala), [[Margarita Robles de Mendoza]] (Mexico), [[Juanita Molina de Fromen]] (Nicaragua), [[Clara González]] (Panama), [[Teresa Obregoso de Prevost]] (Peru), and Doris Stevens (USA).{{sfn|Seminar_on_Feminism_and_Culture_in_Latin_America|1990|p=17}} As their governments provided no funding for their attendance, only the women from Cuba, the Dominican Republic, Nicaragua, Panama, the United States and delegates from [[Alicia Ricode de Herrera]] (Colombia), MMe Fernand Dennis (Haiti), El Salvador by proxy and [[Cecilia Herrera de Olavarría]] (Venezuela) were there.{{sfn|Seminar_on_Feminism_and_Culture_in_Latin_America|1990|p=17}}

After the 1928 founding of the Inter-American Commission of Women, the women decided to meet every two years, in addition to meeting for the scheduled Pan-American Conferences to foster ongoing unity and continuity. As such, the first meeting was held in Havana in 1930.{{cite journal|last1=Towns|first1=Ann|title=The Inter-American Commission of Women and Women's Suffrage, 1920-1945|journal=Journal of Latin American Studies|date=2010|issue=42|page=793|url=https://www.academia.edu/8578136|access-date=13 July 2015|publisher=Cambridge University Press|location=UK}} The members were [[Flora de Oliveira Lima]] (Brazil), Aída Parada (Chile), [[Lidia Fernández|Lydia Fernández]] (Costa Rica), [[Elena Mederos de González]] (Cuba), [[Gloria Moya de Jiménez]] (Dominican Republic), [[Irene de Peyré]] (Guatemala), [[Margarita Robles de Mendoza]] (Mexico), [[Juanita Molina de Fromen]] (Nicaragua), [[Clara González]] (Panama), [[Teresa Obregoso de Prevost]] (Peru), and Doris Stevens (USA).{{sfn|Seminar_on_Feminism_and_Culture_in_Latin_America|1990|p=17}} As their governments provided no funding for their attendance, only the women from Cuba, the Dominican Republic, Nicaragua, Panama, the United States and delegates from [[Alicia Ricode de Herrera]] (Colombia), MMe Fernand Dennis (Haiti), El Salvador by proxy and [[Cecilia Herrera de Olavarría]] (Venezuela) were there.{{sfn|Seminar_on_Feminism_and_Culture_in_Latin_America|1990|p=17}}

In 1935,{{cite web|title=El Movimiento Pro-Emancipación de las Mujeres de Chile|url=https://www.memoriachilena.cl/602/w3-article-3611.html#cronologia|website=Memoria Chilena|publisher=Biblioteca Nacional de Chile|access-date=8 September 2015|location=Santiago, Chile|language=Spanish}} a group of Chilean women, who like Parada had studied abroad, got together and founded the Pro-Emancipation Movement of Chilean Women ({{langx|es|Movimiento Pro-Emancipación de las Mujeres de Chile}}). Among others, the founders included: [[Elena Caffarena]], [[Flora Heredia]], [[Evangelina Matte]], [[Graciela Mandujano]], Aída Parada, [[Olga Poblete]], {{Interlanguage link|María Ramírez|es}}, {{Interlanguage link|Eulogia Román|es}}, [[Marta Vergara]] and [[Clara Williams de Yunge]]. Their goals were to address the social prejudices that curtailed women's equality in the labor market{{cite web|title=Feministas pioneras|url=https://www.memoriachilena.cl/602/w3-article-96050.html|website=Memoria Chilena|publisher=Biblioteca Nacional de Chile|access-date=8 September 2015|location=Santiago, Chile|language=Spanish}} and to introduce women's voices into national politics on matters concerning biology, economics, judicial, and political rights for women.{{sfn|Lavrin|1998|pp=310-311}} Between 1935 and 1952, she was one of the core feminists working with MEMCH and representing Chile at international meetings and conferences.{{sfn|Egaña Baraona|Núñez P.|Salinas|2003|p=169-170}}

In 1935,{{cite web|title=El Movimiento Pro-Emancipación de las Mujeres de Chile|url=https://www.memoriachilena.cl/602/w3-article-3611.html#cronologia|website=Memoria Chilena|publisher=Biblioteca Nacional de Chile|access-date=8 September 2015|location=Santiago, Chile|language=Spanish}} a group of Chilean women, who like Parada had studied abroad, got together and founded the Pro-Emancipation Movement of Chilean Women ({{langx|es|Movimiento Pro-Emancipación de las Mujeres de Chile}}). Among others, the founders included: [[Elena Caffarena]], [[Flora Heredia]], [[Evangelina Matte]], [[Graciela Mandujano]], Aída Parada, [[Olga Poblete]], {{Interlanguage link|María Ramírez (activist)|es|María Ramírez|lt=María Ramírez}}, {{Interlanguage link|Eulogia Román|es}}, [[Marta Vergara]] and [[Clara Williams de Yunge]]. Their goals were to address the social prejudices that curtailed women's equality in the labor market{{cite web|title=Feministas pioneras|url=https://www.memoriachilena.cl/602/w3-article-96050.html|website=Memoria Chilena|publisher=Biblioteca Nacional de Chile|access-date=8 September 2015|location=Santiago, Chile|language=Spanish}} and to introduce women's voices into national politics on matters concerning biology, economics, judicial, and political rights for women.{{sfn|Lavrin|1998|pp=310-311}} Between 1935 and 1952, she was one of the core feminists working with MEMCH and representing Chile at international meetings and conferences.{{sfn|Egaña Baraona|Núñez P.|Salinas|2003|p=169-170}}

She was teaching at the Pedagogic Institute (now the [[Metropolitan University of Educational Sciences]] {{langx|es|Universidad Metropolitana de Ciencias de la Educación}}) in the faculty of philosophy and education, when in 1947, Parada was named as a professor of the Department of Technical Assessment at the [[University of Chile]]. In 1948, she was briefly married to León Chamúdez, but they were separated within a year. She continued teaching until her retirement in June 1973.

She was teaching at the Pedagogic Institute (now the [[Metropolitan University of Educational Sciences]] {{langx|es|Universidad Metropolitana de Ciencias de la Educación}}) in the faculty of philosophy and education, when in 1947, Parada was named as a professor of the Department of Technical Assessment at the [[University of Chile]]. In 1948, she was briefly married to León Chamúdez, but they were separated within a year. She continued teaching until her retirement in June 1973.