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Author Brill, Marlene Targ, author.

Title Dolores Huerta stands strong : the woman who demanded justice / Marlene Targ Brill
Published Athens, Ohio : Ohio University Press, [2018]
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Description 1 online resource
Series Biographies for young readers
Biographies for young readers.
Contents Harvesting the fruits of labor: symbol of justice -- Tilling the soil: born to speak out -- Fertilizing the soil: the making of an organizer -- Planting the seeds: building La Causa -- Tending the soil: no more buying grapes! -- Thinning the shoots: the fight continues -- Weeding the fields: danger ahead -- Spreading more seeds: expanding the cause -- Another harvest: more mountains to climb
Summary Dolores Huerta Stands Strong follows Huerta's life from the mining communities of the Southwest where her father toiled, to the vineyards and fields of California, to the present day. As she advocated for farmworkers, Mexican American immigrants, women, and LGBTQ population rights, Dolores earned the nation's highest honors and found her voice
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references
Notes Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed August 6, 2018)
Subject Huerta, Dolores, 1930- -- Juvenile literature
SUBJECT Huerta, Dolores, 1930- -- Juvenile literature
Huerta, Dolores, 1930- fast
Subject Women labor leaders -- United States -- Biography -- Juvenile literature
Mexican American women labor union members -- Biography -- Juvenile literature
Mexican American migrant agricultural laborers -- Labor unions -- Organizing -- History -- Juvenile literature
Migrant agricultural laborers -- Labor unions -- United States -- History -- Juvenile literature
JUVENILE NONFICTION -- Biography & Autobiography -- General.
JUVENILE NONFICTION -- Biography & Autobiography -- Social Activists.
Mexican American women labor union members
Migrant agricultural laborers -- Labor unions
Women labor leaders
United States
Genre/Form Biographies
History
Juvenile works
Biographies.
Biographies.
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9780821446430
0821446436