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My mother was a dominant force in our family. And that was great for me as a young woman, because I never saw that women had to be dominated by men.
Dolores Huerta
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Dolores Huerta
Age: 94
Born: 1930
Born: April 10
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We have to get back down to basics. We have to start organizing at the neighborhood level to get people educated to vote.
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Honor the hands that harvest your crops.
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When you talk about sacrifices, the ones in my family who have sacrificed are my children, because I love what I'm doing. I love the work. I love to go out there and talk about organizing the people. To me, that's something I really enjoy.
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Our society is connecting workers with the products people consume and recognizing workers for their contributions. It is important to do that, and to have organized labor - a middle class - to preserve our democracy.
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My children grew up very resourceful and strong in spite of them having to live with different families and that I had to drag them all over the country with me.
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