Piedad Moscoso

María Piedad Moscoso Serrano (1932 – November 13, 2010) was an Ecuadorian teacher, physician, and feminist activist. She is remembered as a pioneer in the struggle for women's rights in Azuay Province.

Biography Piedad Moscoso was born in Sígsig, Azuay Province in 1932. She completed her higher education at the University of Cuenca's Faculty of Medicine, where she graduated in 1956 as the first woman to obtain the title of doctor from that institution.

In her youth she was associated with left-wing personalities of the time, putting up Che Guevara at her house during his passage through Ecuador to Mexico, and becoming close to communist Nela Martínez and , among others. She was also a founding member of the Azuay Women's Network.

Piedad Moscoso died on November 13, 2010. Years later her remains were transferred to the 's park of illustrious figures. Her headstone is inscribed with the phrase "Symbol of commitment and struggle for equity and social justice", and her grave is alongside that of socialist politician Guadalupe Larriva.

In October 2014, Moscoso was posthumously declared an Illustrious Woman by the Cantonal Council of Cuenca for her struggle for women's rights. In 2016 she received the Matilde Hidalgo de Procel Award from the National Assembly of Ecuador.