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Huerta Is Remembered as a Labor Champion With a Multidimensional Legacy

Ms. Huerta, a champion for workers and Latinos, was lauded after revealing she had been sexually assaulted by Cesar Chavez. But some women said she rebuffed their own complaints about abuse within the movement.

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Dolores Huerta, seen in a 1988 rally, was remembered Wednesday in California as a transformative leader who won rights for Latinos, farm workers and women.

Dolores Huerta, Who Founded United Farm Workers With Cesar Chavez, Dies

28 octobre 2026 à 12:49
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.

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Ms. Huerta organizing marchers in Coachella, Calif., in 1969. Ms. Huerta was the vice president of the United Farm Workers for nearly four decades.
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