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| Born | Dolores Clara Fernández April 10, 1930 Dawson, New Mexico, U.S. |
| Alma mater | San Joaquin Delta College |
| Organization | Democratic Socialists of America |
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| Political party | Democratic |
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| Partner | Richard Chavez (deceased)[1] |
| Children | 11 |
| Parent | Juan Fernández (father) |
 Quotations related to Dolores Huerta at Wikiquote | |
Dolores Huerta (born April 10, 1930) is an American labor leader and feminist activist. After working for several years with the Community Service Organization (CSO), she 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. Some[a] credit her with inventing the UFW slogan "sí se puede" (transl. 'yes you can').[5]
Although she initially opposed certain feminist concepts, such as the right to abortion and contraception, Huerta eventually became a strong proponent of women's rights. She has worked with the Feminist Majority Foundation (FMF) to help Latina women become more active and visible in politics, campaigned for women's reproductive rights, and served as an honorary co-chair of the 2017 Women's March in Washington, D.C.
In 2002, she founded the Dolores Huerta Foundation (DHF), a civic advocacy organization based in Bakersfield, California. She is active in Democratic politics and has supported the campaigns of Robert F. Kennedy, George McGovern, Al Gore, Howard Dean, Hillary Clinton, Kamala Harris, and Joe Biden. She is also a supporter of LGBTQ rights and immigration reform.
Huerta has received numerous awards for her work as an organizer, including the Eleanor Roosevelt Human Rights Award, the Hispanic Heritage Award, and the Puffin/Nation Prize for Creative Citizenship. She also received the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2012. In 2018, California Governor Jerry Brown signed a bill proclaiming April 10 as "Dolores Huerta Day" in California. A similar bill was signed in Oregon in 2019. She is portrayed by Rosario Dawson in the 2014 film Cesar Chavez and is the subject of the 2017 documentary Dolores.
- ^ Quinones, Sam (July 28, 2011). "Richard Chavez dies at 81; brother of Cesar Chavez". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved January 19, 2025.
- ^ Godoy, Maria (September 27, 2017). "Dolores Huerta: The Civil Rights Icon Who Showed Farmworkers 'Sí Se Puede'". NPR. Retrieved January 13, 2025.
- ^ Sowards 2019, p. 7.
- ^ Sowards 2019, pp. 7–8.
- ^ Sowards 2019, p. 7-8.
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