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

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Brill, Marlene Targ, author.

Series:

Biographies for young readers.

Biographies for young readers

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Huerta, Dolores, 1930---Juvenile literature.

Huerta, Dolores.

Women labor leaders--United States--Biography--Juvenile literature.

Women labor leaders.

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.

Migrant agricultural laborers--Labor unions--United States--History--Juvenile literature.

Migrant agricultural laborers.

Women labor union members.

United States.

Genre:

Biographies.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (x, 92 pages) : illustrations

Place of Publication:

Athens, Ohio : Ohio University Press, [2018]

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.

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.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

Description based on online resource; title from pdf title page (EBSCO, viewed on October 28, 2020).

ISBN:

0-8214-4643-6

OCLC:

1047608392