Dolores Huerta

Civil Rights Leader

Birthday April 10, 1930

Birth Sign Aries

Birthplace Dawson, NM

Age 93 years old

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About

Advocate for women's' rights and immigrant workers' rights, who co-founded the National Farmworkers Association, which is now known as the United Farm Workers, in 1962.

Before Fame

She was a majorette in Girl Scouts.

Trivia

She has been well recognized for her work receiving the Eugene V. Debs Foundation Outstanding American Award, the United States Presidential Eleanor Roosevelt Award for Human Rights, the Presidential Medal of Freedom, and many more awards for her community service and advocacy.

Family Life

She is the child of and Alicia Chavez and the mother of Lori and Celeste Head.

Associated With

She co-founded the National Farmworkers Association with Cesar Chavez.