Dolores Clara Fernandez Huerta (born April 10, 1930) is a labor leader and civil rights activist who co-founded the National Farmworkers Association, which later became the United Farm Workers (UFW). 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 and the Presidential Medal of Freedom. As a role model to many in the Latino community, Huerta is the subject of many corridos (ballads) and murals.
San Joaquin Delta College, University of the Pacific
Nationality
American
Children
Emilio Huerta, Lori Head, Celeste Head
Parents
Alicia Chavez, Juan Fernandez
Awards
Presidential Medal of Freedom, Community of Christ International Peace Award, Eleanor Roosevelt Award for Human Rights, Puffin/Nation Prize for Creative Citizenship
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Awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom by President Barack Obama on 29 May 2012.
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