Dolores Huerta
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).
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| Born | April 10, 1930
(aged 95) |
| Occupation | Labor leader and activist |
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
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Huerta holding a huelga (transl. 'strike') sign, 1965
- Cesar Chavez Launches New York Lettuce Boycott, St. Paul's Church, Columbus Avenue and 60th Street, New York, New York. Dolores Huerta (frame 38) also Pictured. Photos by Ted Pearson. Feb 19, 1973 Slide 20.png
Huerta speaks at a press conference at St. Paul's Church in Manhattan, February 19, 1973. Seated at right is Cesar Chavez.
- Dolores Huerta in Santa Barbara.jpg
Speaking at a rally in Santa Barbara, California on September 24, 2006
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After a keynote addressing human rights, community organizer Dolores Huerta answers questions from University of Chicago students.
- Rally for Impeachment of Richard Nixon, Whitman Auditorim, Brooklyn College. Photos by Bill Andrews. Apr 17, 1974 Slide 30 Edit.png
Huerta speaks at an Impeach Nixon rally at Brooklyn College, April 17, 1974
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Dolores Huerta speaking at a Hillary Clinton campaign rally with former President Bill Clinton at Central High School in Phoenix, Arizona
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Dolores Huerta celebrating her honorary doctorate from USC, 2023
References
- ↑ "Biography: Dolores Clara Fernandez Huerta". National Women's History Museum, Education & Resources. Archived from the original on 24 March 2017. Retrieved 27 February 2012.
Other websites
Media related to Dolores Huerta at Wikimedia Commons
- Dolores Huerta Foundation
- Dolores Huerta Celebrates 80th Birthday with Call for "Weaving Movements Together" - video report by Democracy Now!
- Biography at Las Culturas
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