Dolores Huerta

Overview

Dolores Huerta (née Fernández) born Dawson, NM April 10, 1930. Woman leader and co-founder of nonviolent United Farm Workers, 1962. Organized successful national grape boycott; arrested 22 times. Inducted into National Women's Hall of Fame, 1993.

Quotations

"I think we showed the world that nonviolence can work to make social change. . . I consider nonviolence to be a very strong spiritual force because it's a almost like an energy that goes out and it touches people." (Garcia Reader, p. 183; photo doloreshuerta.org)