Dolores Huerta Voice for the Working Poor |
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| Author:
| Van Tol, Alex |
| Series title: | Crabtree Groundbreaker Biographies Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-0-7787-2536-7 |
| Publication Date: | Aug 2010 |
| Publisher: | Crabtree Publishing Company
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | USD $33.27 |
Book Description:
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Dolores Huerta grew up in a climate charged by political activism. Fueled by her own contact with migrant farm workers--most of them Mexican immigrants with virtually no access to the system of labor laws and conditions under which they lived and worked--Dolores became an outspoken activist and organizer. She founded the United Farm Workers in 1962 with legendary Mexican American labor leader C#65533;sar Ch#65533;vez, and also worked toward improving the lives of workers, voters,...
More DescriptionDolores Huerta grew up in a climate charged by political activism. Fueled by her own contact with migrant farm workers--most of them Mexican immigrants with virtually no access to the system of labor laws and conditions under which they lived and worked--Dolores became an outspoken activist and organizer. She founded the United Farm Workers in 1962 with legendary Mexican American labor leader C#65533;sar Ch#65533;vez, and also worked toward improving the lives of workers, voters, immigrants, and women.