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"She Was a Fighter": Dolores Huerta, Legendary Farmworker Organizer & Activist, Dies at 96
Immigrant rights and labor icon Dolores Huerta died Wednesday at the age of 96. Huerta co-founded the National Farm Workers Association in 1962 and then the United Farm Workers of America, working with Cesar Chavez. From 1965 to 1970, the union organized the historic Delano grape strike, which ended in major gains for farmworkers’ labor rights. In the years that followed, Huerta became heavily…
