Labor leader and feminist activist Dolores Huerta dies at 96
Her family said the farmworker icon died of cancer after decades of organizing for labor rights, civil rights and women’s rights.
- Pioneering labor leader Dolores Huerta died at age 96 on Wednesday, her family announced in a Facebook post. She was a co-founder of the United Farm Workers movement.
- Born Dolores Clara Fernandez in New Mexico, she co-founded the National Farm Workers Association with labor leader Cesar Chavez in 1962. Huerta said her most valued title has been "organizer."
- The Latina icon received the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2012 and was the first Latina inducted into the National Women's Hall of Fame. Several Southern California landmarks, including Dolores Huerta Square, are named in her honor.
- In March 2026, Huerta confirmed allegations that Chavez had sexually abused women, revealing she herself was a survivor of his abuse decades earlier. The admission complicated the movement's historical legacy.
- Survived by 13 children and numerous grandchildren, Huerta leaves behind the Dolores Huerta Foundation in Bakersfield, which continues her decades of community-based organizing and advocacy work.
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Dolores Huerta, trailblazing advocate for migrant farmworkers, dies at 96
By Colleen DeGuzman , The Texas Tribune October 28, 2026 Dolores Huerta, a trailblazing civil rights activist who spent her life fighting to improve the working conditions of farmworkers — and founder of the popular rally cry, “Sí, se puede,” — died in California on Wednesday. She was 96. She died of cancer, according to…
The historic activist Dolores Huerta died at the age of 96, leaving a transformative legacy in the struggle for labor rights.
Dolores Huerta dies at 96, leaving decades of farmworker organizing - FINCHANNEL
Dolores Huerta, the labor organizer who co-founded the United Farm Workers, died October 28 at her home in Bakersfield, California, surrounded by close family, her foundation announced. She was 96. The foundation’s announcement included a family statement asking for privacy and saying plans to commemorate her life would follow. No cause of death was given […]
RIP Dolores Huerta, Civil Rights Icon and Labor Leader
Huerta dedicated over 70 years of her life to fighting for the rights of farmworkers, for women’s rights, and for social justice. The post RIP Dolores Huerta, Civil Rights Icon and Labor Leader appeared first on L.A. TACO.
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