Dolores huerta stands strong [electronic resource] : The woman who demanded justice
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Dolores huerta stands strong [electronic resource] : The woman who demanded justice

By Brill, Marlene Targ.
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Genre Electronic books.

Audience Youth 0-15 years

ISBN 9780821446430

Bib Id 2424125

Description 1 online resource

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9780821446430 (electronic bk)
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Dolores huerta stands strong [electronic resource] : The woman who demanded justice
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1 online resource
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Today, we know Dolores Huerta as the cofounder, with Cesar Chavez, of the National Farmworkers Association, which later became the United Farm Workers of America. We know her as a tireless advocate for the rights of farmworkers, Mexican American immigrants, women, and LGBTQ populations. And we know her as the recipient of the Presidential Medal of Freedom from Barack Obama in 2012. Before all that, though, Huerta was a child in the farming community of Stockton, California, and then a teenager whose teachers underestimated her because she was Chicana. When she became a teacher herself, she witnessed her students coming to school shoeless and hungry. Many took days off from school to work in the farm fields to help feed their families. What could she do to help them? A young mother at the time, Huerta quit her teaching job to organize their parents. That began her journey to educate a nation about who produces our food and the conditions under which they work. Dolores Huerta Stands Strong follows Huerta's life from the mining communities of the Southwest where her father toiled, to the vineyards and fields of California, and across the country to the present day. As she worked for fair treatment for others, Dolores earned the nation's highest honors. More important, she found her voice.
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