Dolores Huerta

Roles and functions

1. Huerta negotiated a collective bargaining agreement with an agricultural business to secure better wages and working conditions for farmworkers.

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2. Huerta directed a national grape boycott protesting the dangers of pesticides to grape pickers.

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History and changes

1. Dolores Clara Fernández Huerta was born in New Mexico on April 10, 1930.

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2. Huerta co-founded the National Farm Workers Association in 1962. That organization was a predecessor of the United Farm Workers.

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3. President Barack Obama awarded Huerta the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2012 for her lifetime of advocacy on behalf of underserved people.

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Scope and limitations

1. Her advocacy extended beyond farm labor to the rights of immigrants, women, minorities, at-risk youth and LGBT Americans.

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References

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