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Who was Dolores Huerta, the farmworker leader behind 'Sí, se puede'?
US civil rights and labour leader Dolores Huerta, who co-founded the United Farm Workers union with César Chávez, died of cancer on Wednesday, 28 October 2026, at her home in Bakersfield, California. She was 96.
Who was Dolores Huerta?
Dolores Huerta was an American labour leader and civil rights activist who fought for farmworkers, women and immigrants. She was born on 10 April 1930 in Dawson, New Mexico, and grew up in Stockton in California's Central Valley. She worked as a teacher for about a year, then left to organise poor Mexican American farmworkers.
Quick quiz
1. Dolores Huerta co-founded which US labour union with César Chávez?
2. What does the slogan 'Sí, se puede', made popular by Dolores Huerta, mean?
3. Which US President gave Dolores Huerta the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2012?
Sources
- Dolores Huerta, California civil rights leader, has died at 96 (NBC Los Angeles)
- Labor Rights Activist Dolores Huerta Dies at 96. Here's What To Know About Her Trailblazing Life (TIME)
- Dolores Huerta, iconic labor activist behind United Farm Workers, dies at 96 (San Francisco Chronicle)
- Dolores Huerta dies at 96: The legacy of the civil rights icon behind 'Sí, se puede' (Yahoo News)
