Dolores Huerta
Dolores Clara Huerta | |
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 Dolores Huerta at the University of Chicago, 2009. | |
| Born | April 10, 1930 |
| Occupation(s) | Labor leader and activist |
| Height | 5 ft 2.5 in (159 cm) |
Dolores Clara Fernandez Huerta (born April 10, 1930) is a 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 Latin community. She is the subject of many corridos (ballads) and paintings.
References
[change | change source]- ↑ "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
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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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