Mara Arias Bernal, an agitator in the Mexican Revolution, who became a school superintendent in 1910, participated in the educational literacy drive and became the private secretary of Sara Prez de Madero, wife of the president.
Maria Arias Bernal, also known as Maria Pistolas (18841923), was a schoolteacher who was an agitator in the Mexican Revolution under Francisco I. Madero, president of Mexico 19111913, until his assassination in a counter-revolutionary coup by Victoriano Huerta. She began teaching and in 1910 became a school superintendent. She participated in the educational literacy drive and became the private secretary of Sara Perez de Madero, wife of the president. 
