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Dolores Huerta was a labor activist and civil rights leader who co-founded the group that later became the United Farm Workers.
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Labor rights leader Dolores Huerta dies at 96
CBS
Dolores Huerta, labor activist and civil rights icon, dies at 96
Dolores Huerta was a labor activist and civil rights leader who co-founded the group that later became the United Farm Workers.
Guardian
Dolores Huerta, California labor leader and civil rights champion, dies aged 96
Huerta co-founded United Farm Workers union with Cesar Chavez, improving pay and conditions for farm workers Sign up for the Breaking News US newsletter email Dolores Huerta, an iconic 1960s labor union leader and civil rights activist, died on Wednesday in California at the age of 96, her family said. Huerta was co-founder with Cesar Chavez, another veteran unionist and political activist, of the United Farm Worker…
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PBS
Dolores Huerta, labor and civil rights icon, dies at 96
Huerta co-founded the United Farm Workers union to improve working conditions in the nation's fruit and vegetable fields and coined the phrase "Sí, se puede!" that became a widespread rallying cry.
TIME
Dolores Huerta, Labor Leader and Civil Rights Icon, Dies at 96
In a statement shared through her foundation, Huerta’s family said she died Wednesday at home in Bakersfield, California, “surrounded by her close family.”
NPR – US NPR
Dolores Huerta, influential labor leader, feminist and civil rights icon, dies at 96
Huerta co-founded the United Farm Workers union to improve working conditions in the nation's fruit and vegetable fields and coined the phrase "Sí, se puede!" that became a widespread rallying cry.
NYTimes – US NYT
Dolores Huerta, Who Founded United Farm Workers With Cesar Chavez, Dies
She founded the United Farm Workers with Cesar Chavez. In early 2026, she told The Times that she had been raped by him decades earlier. She was 96.
