Dolores Huerta

Mexico has many unique celebrations just like every other country does. Different traditions and value are what distinguish each country from one another. For Instance, In Mexico. Holidays such as Halloween, Christmas, and Independence Day are celebrated. However, they are celebrated differently cultural wise as well as the day the holiday is celebrated. Catholic celebrations, such as Three Kings Day and Day of our Lady of Guadalupe are also celebrated. Dia de los Muertos, also known as Day of…

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.…

Dolores Ferdnández also known as Dolores Huerta was born April 10, 1930 in Dawson, New Mexico. Her parents divorced when she was an infant and moved with her mother and siblings to Stockton, California. She did however still keep a relationship with her father Juan Fernández. Her father later proved to be a(n) inspiration to Dolores. Dolores was both an activist and labor leader. She created the Agricultural Workers Association (AWA). In 1955 she and a friend, Frank Ross started the Stockton…

Delano, California. Cesar Chavez became the face of the Chicano/a Civil Rights Movement. Another leader of the Chicano/a Civil Rights Movement was Dolores Huerta, the most recognized Chicana activist and other co-founder of the UFW. She joined Cesar Chavez in 1962, she was a labor organizer of agricultural workers. Unlike Cesar Chavez, Dolores Huerta was…

hooks was black? Oppression has no color or race. I completely agree with bell hooks for making this valid statement and inquiring about other writings. In the following paragraphs I am going to examine women such as Frances Beal, Paul Murray Dolores Huerta and the Asian American Movement in the 1960s. These women…

8th grade to support his family in the fields, this was where he got firsthand experience to the problems that he would be spending his life changing. He was an American labor leader who founded the National Farm Workers Association along with Dolores Huerta. This organization later became known as the United Farm Workers Union in 1962, after joining with the Agricultural Workers Organizing Committee following its first strike against grape growers in California. His approach to unionism was…

The complex and often bigoted history of the United States earned the nation considerable amounts of respect and success that numerous other countries have been attempting to earn for decades. However, one cannot ignore the many troubling times that America and its inhabitants encountered before earning such a venerated title. As Franklin D. Roosevelt stated, “Remember, remember always that all Of us, and you and I especially, are descended from immigrants and revolutionists” (Roosevelt). This…

Student’s Name Professor’s Name Course Date Chicano culture Dear (Name) I have read an article that I find interesting; this document gives an explanation on the Chicaco’s culture and how women adopted it in their fight for equality in the world. The Chicanas is a movement that brought together women in the post World War 2 so that they may break the males ‘dominance in the world. Women have been manipulated in the past creating feminism. The purpose for writing you this letter is to inform you…

Kennedy, Civil Rights Leaders and Co-Founders of the United Migrants in the U.S., Cesar Chavez and Dolores Huerta. An outstanding list of national speakers included Kathleen Kennedy Townsend, Esq. Dolores Huerta, Tom Van Coverden, NACHA’s President and CEO, Mr. Williams “Bill” Hobson, Former Director of the Bureau of Primary Health Care, Marguerite Salazar, Director of Region VIII (Meadows and Huerta…

One social quality that we often overlook when debating the role of a sex offender is the essence of their power over their victims, regardless of the setting. We’ve heard stories about rich men, respected men, and politically affluent men, but rarely have we heard about the poor men that overpower poor women with their standing as an employer in the agricultural industry. The men of a subject, in this case, work for minimum pay and aren’t necessarily white or powerful. However, they wield just…