Dolores Huerta, influential labor leader, feminist and civil rights icon, dies at 96
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- CBC World News·2h agoDolores Huerta, U.S. labour leader and civil rights icon, dead at 96
Dolores Huerta, who co-founded the United Farm Workers union to improve working conditions in fruit and vegetable fields in the United States and coined the enduring "Sí, se puede!" rallying cry, has died. She was 96.
Read at CBC World News → - NPR News Now·8h agoDolores 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.
Read at NPR News Now →