We must use our lives to make the world
a better place to live, not just
to acquire things. That is what we are put on the earth for. – Dolores Huerta
The Latina Book Club wishes
Dolores Huerta a Happy 90th Birthday!
Dolores Huerta is the Voice of the Working Poor. She is a Labor Leader, a
Trailblazer, a Visionary. She worked
along with César Chávez to form the United Farm Workers of America, all while
caring and raising her children. She was
an extraordinary woman, and the recipient of the Presidential Medal of Freedom
form Barack Obama in 2012. The following
books help celebrate her life and her accomplishments. Felicidades!
DOLORES
HUERTA: GET TO KNOW THE VOICE OF MIGRANT WORKERS
By Robert
Liu-Trujillo
Capstone
Press
Dolores Huerta led farm workers to demand
better pay, reasonable hours, and respect on the job. She knew laws needed to
be passed to protect the workers and improve their lives. Learn more about this
influential activist and her fight for what was fair.
DOLORES HUERTA STANDS STRONG
By Marlene Targ Brill
Ohio University Press
This book introduces
readers to Dolores the teenager. It follows her
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.
¡SI, ELLA
PUEDE!: THE RHETORICAL LEGACY OF DOLORES HUERTA AND THE UNITED FARM WORKERS
By Stacey
K. Sowards
University
of Texas Press
Since the 1950s, Latina activist
Dolores Huerta has been a fervent leader and organizer in the struggle for
farmworkers’ rights within the Latina/o community. A cofounder of the United
Farm Workers Union in the 1960s alongside César Chávez, Huerta was a union vice
president for nearly four decades before starting her own foundation in the
early 2000s. She continues to act as a dynamic speaker, passionate lobbyist,
and dedicated figure for social and political change.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY, DOLORES!
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