Dolores Huerta: Voice for the Working Poor (Library Binding) (ISBN-13: 9780778725367)

Born in 1930 in a small mining town in New Mexico and raised in the farming region of California's San Joaquin Valley, Dolores Huerta (born Dolores Fern疣dez) grew up in a climate charged by political activism. 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 C駸ar Ch疱ez, 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.

Author: Alex Van Tol
ISBN-10: 0778725367
ISBN-13: 9780778725367
Publisher: Crabtree Classics
Language: English
Published: 08/15/2010
Pages: 112
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.00lbs
Size: 9.38h x 7.54w x 0.52d

Accelerated Reader:
Reading Level: 6.9
Point Value: 3
Interest Level: Middle Grade
Quiz #/Name: 140443 / Dolores Huerta: Voice for the Working Poor


Review Citation(s):
Voice of Youth Advocates 12/01/2010 - Recommended - Readable
Booklist 01/01/2011 pg. 74