Dolores Huerta

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Dolores Huerta is an American labor leader and civil rights activist best known for co-founding the United Farm Workers and championing the rights of farmworkers, women, and immigrants.

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instanceOf civil rights activist
community organizer
feminist
human
labor leader
advocatesFor collective bargaining rights for farmworkers
gender equality
improved working conditions for agricultural laborers
voting rights
awardReceived Eleanor Roosevelt Award for Human Rights
National Women’s Hall of Fame induction
surface form: National Women's Hall of Fame induction

Presidential Medal of Freedom
Puffin/Nation Prize for Creative Citizenship
birthName Dolores Clara Fernández
coFounded United Farm Workers
coFoundedWith César Chávez
surface form: Cesar Chavez
countryOfCitizenship United States of America
dateOfBirth 1930-04-10
educatedAt San Joaquin Delta College
surface form: Delta College (Stockton, California)

University of the Pacific
ethnicGroup Mexican American
familyName Huerta
founded Dolores Huerta Foundation
fullName Dolores Clara Fernández Huerta
givenName Dolores
hasChild 11 children
knownFor advocacy for farmworkers
advocacy for immigrants' rights
advocacy for women's rights
coining the phrase "Sí, se puede"
languageSpoken English
Spanish
movement Chicano movement
surface form: Chicano civil rights movement

farm workers' rights movement
labor movement in the United States
women's rights movement
notableEvent leadership in the Delano grape strike
negotiation of first union contracts for farmworkers in California
notableFor co-founding the United Farm Workers
occupation civil rights activist
labor leader
teacher
placeOfBirth Dawson, New Mexico, United States
positionHeld vice president of United Farm Workers
religion Roman Catholicism
residence Bakersfield
surface form: Bakersfield, California, United States
sloganCoined Sí, se puede
workedAt Community Service Organization
United Farm Workers

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United Farm Workers foundedBy Dolores Huerta
United Farm Workers notableLeader Dolores Huerta
Chicano movement associatedWith Dolores Huerta
Delano grape strike leader Dolores Huerta
Mexican Americans hasNotablePerson Dolores Huerta
Delano historicallyAssociatedWith Dolores Huerta
NFWA foundedBy Dolores Huerta