Biography
Dolores Clara Fernández Huerta (born April 10, 1930) is an American labor leader and civil rights activist who, with Cesar Chavez, is a co-founder of the United 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 for her community service and advocacy for workers', immigrants', and women's rights, 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.Huerta is the originator of the phrase "Sí, se puede". As a role model to many in the Latino community, Huerta is the subject of many corridos (Mexican or Mexican-American ballads) and murals.In California, April 10 is Dolores Huerta Day.
Filmography
all 15
Movies 12
self 11
TV Shows 3
A Song for Cesar: Beware a Movement That Sings (2021)
Kal Penn Approves This Message (2020)
Carlos Almaraz: Playing with Fire (2019)
Eat the Rainbow (2019)
Bobby Kennedy for President (2018)
I Love You, America (2017)
Dolores (2017)
Beauty Bites Beast (2016)
The Delano Manongs: Forgotten Heroes Of The United Farm Workers Movement (2014)
Food Chains (2014)
The Latino List: Volume 2 (2012)
Miss Representation (2011)
Chicana (1979)
Yo Soy Chicano (1972)
A Crushing Love
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Known ForActing
GenderFemale
Birthday1930-04-10 (94 years old)
Birth NameFernández
Birth PlaceDawson, United States of America
CitizenshipsUnited States of America
AwardsFour Freedoms Award – Freedom from Want, Labor Hall of Honor, California Hall of Fame, Eleanor Roosevelt Award for Human Rights, Radcliffe Medal, Eugene V. Debs Award, Ohtli Award, Humanitarian of the Year, National Women's Hall of Fame, Presidential Medal of Freedom
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