Dolores Fernandez Huerta, Labor union administrator. Recipient Martin Luther King award National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, Roger Baldwin award American Civil Liberties Union, Labor award Eugene V. Debs Foundation, Trumpeters award Consumers Union, Women First award Young Women’s Christian Association, 1993; inductee National Women's Hall of Fame, 1993.
Background
Huerta, Dolores Fernandez was born on April 10, 1930 in Dawson, N. Mexico. Daughter of Juan and Alicia Fernandez.
Career
Co-founder, first vice president, United Farm Workers of America, Keene, California, since 1962. Co-founder, first vice president, board member Fund for the Feminist Majority.
Recipient Martin Luther King award National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, Roger Baldwin award American Civil Liberties Union, Labor award Eugene V. Debs Foundation, Trumpeters award Consumers Union, Women First award Young Women’s Christian Association, 1993. Inductee National Women's Hall of Fame, 1993.
Recipient Martin Luther King award National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, Roger Baldwin award American Civil Liberties Union, Labor award Eugene V. Debs Foundation, Trumpeters award Consumers Union, Women First award Young Women’s Christian Association, 1993. Inductee National Women's Hall of Fame, 1993.