Later Years
In 1932, the University of Puerto Rico bestowed upon Roque an honorary doctorate degree. She was also named honorary president of the Puerto Rican Liberal Party.
In 1933, Ana Roque Giegel de Duprey died in Río Piedras, Puerto Rico. The Government of Puerto Rico has honored her memory by naming a school in Humacao and a street in San Juan after her. There is also an elementary school in Chicago, Illinois named after Ana Roque.
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