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Author Brill, Marlene Targ, author.

Title Dolores Huerta stands strong : the woman who demanded justice / Marlene Targ Brill.

Publication Info. Athens, Ohio : Ohio University Press, [2018]
©2018

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Description 1 online resource.
age Children
Physical Medium polychrome
Description text file
Series Biographies for young readers
Biographies for young readers.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references.
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.
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Subject Huerta, Dolores, 1930- -- Juvenile literature.
Huerta, Dolores, 1930-
Women labor leaders -- United States -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
Women labor leaders.
United States.
Genre/Form Biographies.
Subject Mexican American women labor union members -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
Mexican American women labor union members.
Mexican American migrant agricultural laborers -- Labor unions -- Organizing -- History -- Juvenile literature.
Mexican American migrant agricultural laborers.
Labor unions.
History.
Migrant agricultural laborers -- Labor unions -- United States -- History -- Juvenile literature.
Migrant agricultural laborers -- Labor unions.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
History.
Juvenile works.
Biographies.
ISBN 9780821446430 (electronic book)
0821446436 (electronic book)
9780821423295
0821423290
9780821423301
0821423304