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). 

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, 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.

References

Other websites

 Dolores Huerta Foundation
Dolores Huerta Celebrates 80th Birthday with Call for "Weaving Movements Together" - video report by Democracy Now!
Biography at Las Culturas

Category:1930 births
Category:Living people
Category:American activists
Category:People from New Mexico