Dolores Huerta
Dolores Huerta is an American labor leader and feminist activist. After working for several years with the Community Service Organization (CSO), she co-founded the National Farm Workers Association (NFWA) with fellow activists Cesar Chavez and Gilbert Padilla, which eventually merged with the Agricultural Workers Organizing Committee (AWOC) to become the United Farm Workers (UFW). Huerta helped organize the Delano grape strike in 1965, managing boycott campaigns on the east coast and negotiating with the grape companies to end the strike.
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- Born in
- Dawson
- Educated at
- University of the PacificSan Joaquin Delta CollegeStockton High School
- Awards
- 🏆 Presidential Medal of Freedom🏆 National Women's Hall of Fame🏆 Eleanor Roosevelt Award for Human Rights🏆 California Hall of Fame
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1930
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