Dolores Huerta : voice for the working poor
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Published
St. Catharines, Ontario ; Crabtree Pub., [2011].
Format
Book
Physical Desc
112 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Status
Main Library - Adult
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Published
St. Catharines, Ontario ; Crabtree Pub., [2011].
Language
English
Accelerated Reader
MG
Level 6.9, 3 Points
Level 6.9, 3 Points
Lexile measure
910
Notes
Bibliography
Includes bibliographies (page 108) and index.
Description
Fueled by her own contact with migrant farm workers, most of them Mexican immigrants, Dolores became an outspoken activist and organizer. At the time, these workers had virtually no access to the system of labor laws and conditions under which they lived and worked. When she founded the United Farm Workers in 1962 with legendary Mexican American labor leader Cesar Chavez, it became a seminal moment in U.S. labor history. This brave and resourceful leader in the struggle for human rights also worked toward improving the lives of workers, voters, immigrants, and women.
Target Audience
910L,Lexile
Study Program Information
Accelerated Reader AR,MG,6.9,3,140443.
Additional Physical Form
Issued also in an electronic format.
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Subjects
LC Subjects
Biographies.
Huerta, Dolores, -- 1930- -- Juvenile literature.
Mexican American migrant agricultural laborers -- Labor unions -- Organizing -- History -- Juvenile literature.
Mexican American women labor union members -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
Women labor leaders -- United States -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
Huerta, Dolores, -- 1930- -- Juvenile literature.
Mexican American migrant agricultural laborers -- Labor unions -- Organizing -- History -- Juvenile literature.
Mexican American women labor union members -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
Women labor leaders -- United States -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
Other Subjects
Huerta, Dolores, -- 1930-
Huerta, Dolores, -- 1930-
Labor leaders -- Biography.
Labor leaders.
Labor movement -- United States.
Labor union members -- Biography.
Labor unions -- History.
Mexican American migrant agricultural laborers -- History.
Mexican Americans -- Biography.
Mexican Americans -- Biography.
Migrant labor.
Women -- Biography.
Women -- Biography.
Huerta, Dolores, -- 1930-
Labor leaders -- Biography.
Labor leaders.
Labor movement -- United States.
Labor union members -- Biography.
Labor unions -- History.
Mexican American migrant agricultural laborers -- History.
Mexican Americans -- Biography.
Mexican Americans -- Biography.
Migrant labor.
Women -- Biography.
Women -- Biography.