Dolores Huerta

Dolores Clara Huerta
Dolores Clara Huerta
	Dolores Huerta at the University of Chicago, 2009.
Born	April 10, 1930 (aged 95); Dawson, New Mexico
Occupation	Labor leader and activist

Dolores Clara Fernandez Huerta (born April 10, 1930) is a Native Hispanic/Latina-American labor leader and civil rights activist. Huerta, along with César Chávez, founded the National Farmworkers Association. This later became the United Farm Workers (UFW).

Huerta has received many awards for her community service and her support for workers', immigrants', and women's rights. These include the Eugene V. Debs Foundation Outstanding American Award, the United States Presidential Eleanor Roosevelt Award for Human Rights,^[1] and the Presidential Medal of Freedom. Huerta is a role model to many in the Native Hispanic Latin-American community. She is the subject of many corridos (ballads) and paintings.

Dolores Huerta Media

Huerta holding a huelgacode: es is deprecated (transl. 'strike') sign, 1965
Huerta speaks at a press conference at St. Paul's Church in Manhattan, February 19, 1973. Seated at right is Cesar Chavez.
Speaking at a rally in Santa Barbara, California on September 24, 2006
After a keynote addressing human rights, community organizer Dolores Huerta answers questions from University of Chicago students.
Huerta speaks at an Impeach Nixon rally at Brooklyn College, April 17, 1974
Dolores Huerta speaking at a Hillary Clinton campaign rally with former President Bill Clinton at Central High School in Phoenix, Arizona
Dolores Huerta celebrating her honorary doctorate from USC, 2023