Huerta, Dolores, 1930-
Variant namesDolores Huerta (born April 10, 1930) is an American labor leader and civil rights activist who, with Cesar Chavez, is a co-founder of the National Farmworkers Association, which later merged with the Agricultural Workers Organizing Committee to become the United Farm Workers (UFW). Huerta helped organize the Delano grape strike in 1965 in California and was the lead negotiator in the workers' contract that was created after the strike.
Huerta has received numerous awards including the Eugene V. Debs Foundation Outstanding American Award, the United States Presidential Eleanor Roosevelt Award for Human Rights, and the Presidential Medal of Freedom. She was the first Latina inducted into the National Women's Hall of Fame in 1993.
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| referencedIn | Barbara Carrasco papers, ca. 1971-1997 | Stanford University. Department of Special Collections and University Archives | |
| referencedIn | Guide to the Daily Worker and Daily World Photographs Collection, 1920-2001 | Tamiment Library and Robert F. Wagner Labor Archives | |
| referencedIn | University of New Mexico. Oral History Projects and Video Recordings Collection, 1984-2006, 1995-1998 | The University of New Mexico, University Libraries, Center for SouthwestResearch | |
| referencedIn | She's Nobody's Baby collection, 1980-1987 | Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America | |
| referencedIn | Salandini, Victor P. Victor P. Salandini papers, 1949-1992. | Stanford University. Department of Special Collections and University Archives | |
| referencedIn | Ross, Fred, 1910-. Fred Ross papers, ca. 1910-1992. | Stanford University. Department of Special Collections and University Archives | |
| referencedIn | United Farm Workers of America. Work Dept. United Farm Workers Work Department records, 1969-1975, (bulk 1973). | Wayne State University. Archives of Labor and Urban Affairs | |
| referencedIn | Guide to the New Yorkers at Work Oral History Collection, 1979-2000 | Tamiment Library and Robert F. Wagner Labor Archives | |
| referencedIn | Northern California Conference, United Church Of Christ Records, 1961-1986 | San Francisco State University. Labor Archives and Research Center. | |
| referencedIn | Guide to the Daily Worker and Daily World Photographs Collection, 1920-2001 | Tamiment Library and Robert F. Wagner Labor Archives | |
| referencedIn | Lewis, Jon. Photographs and film of Cesar Chavez and agricultural labor activities in California. | Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library | |
| referencedIn | Carrasco, Barbara. Barbara Carrasco papers, ca. 1971-1997. | Stanford University. Department of Special Collections and University Archives | |
| creatorOf | Records of the Forest Service. 1870 - 2008. Forest Service Public Information Films and Public Service Announcements. 1945 - 1995. Yo soy Chicano | National Archives at College Park | |
| referencedIn | United Farm Workers Organizing Committee. New York Boycott Office. UFW New York Boycott Office records, 1967-1970, (bulk 1965-1970). | Wayne State University. Archives of Labor and Urban Affairs | |
| referencedIn | United Farm Workers of America. Administration Dept. United Farm Workers Administration Department records, 1960-1975, (bulk 1968-1973). | Wayne State University. Archives of Labor and Urban Affairs | |
| referencedIn | Guide to the New Yorkers at Work Oral History Collection, 1979-2000 | Tamiment Library and Robert F. Wagner Labor Archives | |
| referencedIn | Echavarria, Manuel, 1940-. Central Coast Farm Labor Organizing Collection, c. 1960-2003. | California Polytechnic State University, Robert E. Kennedy Library, Cal Poly San Luis Obispo | |
| referencedIn | The Ester M. Hernandez collection, 1957-2001 | Stanford University. Department of Special Collections and University Archives | |
| referencedIn | Centro Cultural César Chávez Records, 1990-2012 | Oregon State University Libraries Special Collections & Archives ResearchCenter | |
| referencedIn | Guide to the Daily Worker and Daily World Negatives Collection, 1930-2001 | Tamiment Library and Robert F. Wagner Labor Archives | |
| referencedIn | Preiss, Joan Papert. Joan Preiss papers, 1970-2006. | Duke University Libraries, Duke University Library; Perkins Library | |
| referencedIn | National Farm Workers Association. National Farm Workers Association records, 1960-1967, (bulk 1962-1966). | Wayne State University. Archives of Labor and Urban Affairs | |
| referencedIn | Women of Hope Poster Collection, 1995 | The University of New Mexico, University Libraries, Center for SouthwestResearch | |
| referencedIn | Jon Lewis photographs of the United Farm Workers movement, 1966-2009, 1966-1968 | Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library | |
| referencedIn | Carrasco, Barbara. Dolores : silkscreen print of labor leader Dolores Huerta, 1999. | Stanford University. Department of Special Collections and University Archives | |
| referencedIn | Hernandez, Ester M. Ester M. Hernandez collection, ca. 1960-2000. | Stanford University. Department of Special Collections and University Archives | |
| referencedIn | Acuña, Rodolfo F., 1932-. Rodolfo F. Acuña Collection, 1816-2007. | California State University, Northridge | |
| referencedIn | United Farm Workers of America. Information and Research Dept. United Farm Workers Information and Research Department records, 1939-1978, (bulk 1970-1977). | Wayne State University. Archives of Labor and Urban Affairs | |
| referencedIn | United Farm Workers of America. Arizona State Office. United Farm Workers Arizona State Office records, 1968-1972, (bulk 1970-1972). | Wayne State University. Archives of Labor and Urban Affairs | |
| referencedIn | Steiner, Stan. Papers, ca. 1961-1987. | Stanford University. Department of Special Collections and University Archives |
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