Aurora L. Gonzalez (1924 – October 9, 1991) was an organizer, educator and activist in the Hispanic community of Toledo, Ohio, United States.
Activism As president of the Guadalupe Center board of directors in the late 1970s, she pressured the city of Toledo to spend federal funds to build the Centro Unico community building, later renamed the "Aurora Gonzalez Community & Family Resource Center" in her honor. She was the founder and leader of La Voz del Barrio, a community citizens action organization which she founded in 1980.
Honors In 1985, she became the first Hispanic woman elected to the Ohio Women's Hall of Fame.
Death She died in a car crash on October 8, 1991.
Legacy
Aurora Gonzalez Drive in Toledo Aurora Gonzalez Community & Family Resource Center, 1301 Broadway, Toledo, Ohio
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