Dolores Huerta: Voice for the Working Poor

by Alex Van Tol

Book Overview

Born in 1930 in a small mining town in New Mexico and raised in the farming region of California's San Joaquin Valley, Dolores Huerta (born Dolores Fern?ndez) grew up in a climate charged by political activism. Fueled by her own contact with migrant farm workers - most of them Mexican immigrants - Dolores became an outspoken activist and organizer. At the time, these workers had virtually no access to the system of labor laws and conditions under...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0778725456
• ISBN13: 9780778725459
• Release Date: June 2010
• Publisher: Crabtree Publishing Company
• Length: 112 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 7.3" x 9.2"
• Age Range: 10 to 13 years
• Grade Range: Grades 5 to 8