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'''Dolores Huerta''' (born April 10, 1930) is an American [[labor leader]] and [[civil rights]] [[activist]] who, with [[Cesar Chavez]], is a co-founder of the National Farmworkers Association, which later became the [[United Farm Workers]] (UFW).<ref>{{cite web|title=Dolores Huerta|url=https://www.womenshistory.org/education-resources/biographies/dolores-huerta|publisher=National Women's History Museum|accessdate=}}</ref>

'''Dolores Huerta''' (born April 10, 1930) is an American labor leader and [[civil rights]] [[activist]] who, with [[Cesar Chavez]], is a co-founder of the National Farmworkers Association, which later became the [[United Farm Workers]] (UFW).<ref>{{cite web|title=Dolores Huerta|url=https://www.womenshistory.org/education-resources/biographies/dolores-huerta|publisher=National Women's History Museum|accessdate=}}</ref>

Huerta has received numerous awards for her community service and advocacy for workers', immigrants', and [[women's rights]], including the [[Eugene V. Debs]] Foundation Outstanding American Award, the United States Presidential Eleanor Roosevelt Award for Human Rights<ref>{{cite web|title=Biography: Dolores Clara Fernandez Huerta|url=https://www.womenshistory.org/education-resources/biographies/dolores-huerta|work=[[National Women's History Museum]] |accessdate=}}</ref> and the [[Presidential Medal of Freedom]] from President [[Barack Obama]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Remarks by the President at Presidential Medal of Freedom Ceremony|url=https://obamawhitehouse.archives.gov/the-press-office/2012/05/29/remarks-president-presidential-medal-freedom-ceremony|publisher=Obama White House Archives|accessdate=|date=May 29, 2012}}</ref> She was the first Latina inducted into the National Women's Hall of Fame.<ref>{{cite web|title=Meet the 20 MAKERS Inducted Into the National Women's Hall of Fame|url=http://www.makers.com/blog/makers-inducted-national-womens-hall-fame|publisher=Makers|accessdate=|date=October 5, 2015}}</ref><ref name="adelante">{{cite web|title=Dolores Huerta|url=http://action.theadelantemovement.com/legends/Dolores_Huerta/|publisher=The Adelante Movement|accessdate=31 May 2017}}</ref>

Huerta has received numerous awards for her community service and advocacy for workers', immigrants', and [[women's rights]], including the [[Eugene V. Debs]] Foundation Outstanding American Award, the United States Presidential Eleanor Roosevelt Award for Human Rights<ref>{{cite web|title=Biography: Dolores Clara Fernandez Huerta|url=https://www.womenshistory.org/education-resources/biographies/dolores-huerta|work=[[National Women's History Museum]] |accessdate=}}</ref> and the [[Presidential Medal of Freedom]] from President [[Barack Obama]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Remarks by the President at Presidential Medal of Freedom Ceremony|url=https://obamawhitehouse.archives.gov/the-press-office/2012/05/29/remarks-president-presidential-medal-freedom-ceremony|publisher=Obama White House Archives|accessdate=|date=May 29, 2012}}</ref> She was the first Latina inducted into the National Women's Hall of Fame.<ref>{{cite web|title=Meet the 20 MAKERS Inducted Into the National Women's Hall of Fame|url=http://www.makers.com/blog/makers-inducted-national-womens-hall-fame|publisher=Makers|accessdate=|date=October 5, 2015}}</ref><ref name="adelante">{{cite web|title=Dolores Huerta|url=http://action.theadelantemovement.com/legends/Dolores_Huerta/|publisher=The Adelante Movement|accessdate=31 May 2017}}</ref>

Huerta is the originator of the phrase, "'''Sí, se puede,'''" "Yes, we can."<ref>{{cite web|title=Sí Se Puede|url=http://www.makers.com/moments/s%C3%AD-se-puede|publisher=Makers|accessdate=31 May 2017}}</ref>  

Huerta is the originator of the phrase, "''Sí, se puede,''" "Yes, we can."<ref>{{cite web|title=Sí Se Puede|url=http://www.makers.com/moments/s%C3%AD-se-puede|publisher=Makers|accessdate=31 May 2017}}</ref>  

 

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