During the California farmworkers’ rights movement of the 1960s and 70s, labor activist Dolores Huerta was a critical yet unsung leader in the struggle for higher wages, improved working conditions, and the right to organize and collectively bargain. Despite debate over her nontraditional activism, Huerta’s effective use of diplomatic techniques from negotiations to nonviolent protests improved the lives of US farmworkers and galvanized a movement for Chicano civil rights and liberation.
