Dolores Fernandez was born, in a small mining town in the mountains of Dawson in northern New Mexico on April 10, 1930. Her Father, Juan Fernandez was a farm worker and a miner and her mother, Alicia was a woman's activist. Juan was a union activist that ran for political office and won a seat in the New Mexico legislature in 1938 and alicia was known for her kindness and humanity towards others. Alicia provided affordable rates in her 70 room hotel, which she bought after years of hard work. Alicia welcomed all low wage customers and sometimes even waived the fee for them. After her parents divorced at the age of three, Dolores Mother moved them to where they would spend most of their childhood and teen years in Stockton, California with
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she stopped teaching because she said, “she couldn't bare to see her students going to school with bare feet and with empty stomachs”. this started her journey to start correcting economic injustices. In 1955 huerta helped frank ross start the, “stockton chapter of the community service organization”, that helped fight for economic improvements for hispanics. the community service organization or (CSO) fought segregation and police brutality, led voter registration drives, nudged for improved public services and fought to enact new legislation. This is when her career as an activist began. she also met Cesar E. Chavez and realized they both shared the same vision for organizing farm workers, which was not part of the CSO’s mission. Subsequently in the spring of 1962, cesar and dolores renounced their positions in the CSO and begun the national farm workers association. The challenges she faced as a woman did not go unnoticed and in one of her letters to Cesar she joked, ”Being a now (ahem) experienced lobbyist, I am able to speak on a man-to-man basis with other lobbyists.” The first proof to her lobbying and negotiating talents were established …show more content…
Dolores became the one of the most visible spokesperson for the UFW because of her being the principal legislative advocate. In 1968 Robert F.Kennedy recognized her helping win the california democratic presidential essential moments right before he was shot in L.A. Throughout the years she has helped elect various candidates like, president clinton, governor jerry brown and congresswoman hilda solis and hillary clinton. Dolores and Cesar were infamous for their monstrous arguments, something that was a natural part of their working relationship. Dolores thought this was a healthy and necessary part of the growth process of any worthwhile collaboration. Dolores was mainly busy breaking down one gender barriers. she was professedly unaware of the astounding impact she was having on farm working woman and young women everywhere. Dolores first met Gloria Steinem when she was directing the first national boycott of california table grapes out of new york. they realized they had much in common and dolores started to found support from other feminist and began to
she stopped teaching because she said, “she couldn't bare to see her students going to school with bare feet and with empty stomachs”. this started her journey to start correcting economic injustices. In 1955 huerta helped frank ross start the, “stockton chapter of the community service organization”, that helped fight for economic improvements for hispanics. the community service organization or (CSO) fought segregation and police brutality, led voter registration drives, nudged for improved public services and fought to enact new legislation. This is when her career as an activist began. she also met Cesar E. Chavez and realized they both shared the same vision for organizing farm workers, which was not part of the CSO’s mission. Subsequently in the spring of 1962, cesar and dolores renounced their positions in the CSO and begun the national farm workers association. The challenges she faced as a woman did not go unnoticed and in one of her letters to Cesar she joked, ”Being a now (ahem) experienced lobbyist, I am able to speak on a man-to-man basis with other lobbyists.” The first proof to her lobbying and negotiating talents were established …show more content…
Dolores became the one of the most visible spokesperson for the UFW because of her being the principal legislative advocate. In 1968 Robert F.Kennedy recognized her helping win the california democratic presidential essential moments right before he was shot in L.A. Throughout the years she has helped elect various candidates like, president clinton, governor jerry brown and congresswoman hilda solis and hillary clinton. Dolores and Cesar were infamous for their monstrous arguments, something that was a natural part of their working relationship. Dolores thought this was a healthy and necessary part of the growth process of any worthwhile collaboration. Dolores was mainly busy breaking down one gender barriers. she was professedly unaware of the astounding impact she was having on farm working woman and young women everywhere. Dolores first met Gloria Steinem when she was directing the first national boycott of california table grapes out of new york. they realized they had much in common and dolores started to found support from other feminist and began to