Dolores Huerta, an American farm labor leader, feminist, and civil rights icon, died surrounded by her family on Oct. 28. She was 96.
Huerta died of cancer in her family’s care at her home in Bakersfield, California, family spokesman Erik Olvera told The Epoch Times.
“Dolores Huerta inspired generations with three words: ‘Sí, se puede’—‘Yes, we can,’” her obituary stated Wednesday. “In her hands, those words became a rallying cry for workers, women, immigrants, and people fighting for justice around the world.”
Huerta cofounded the National Farm Workers Association in California alongside Cesar Chavez in 1962. The association later became the United Farm Workers (UFW) union….