women labor leaders

Describes the efforts in the 1960s of Dolores Huerta to organize migrant workers in California into a union which became the United Farm Workers.

A labor leader of the 20th century, Dolores Huerta and Cesar Chavez cofounded the National Farm Workers Association, forerunner of the United Farm Workers of America (UFW). She was among the few powerful female union leaders and one of the only Hispanic women to achieve such an important position.

Presents a brief biography of Dolores Huerta, who, together with Cesar Chavez, helped to create the first union for farmworkers; and chronicles her childhood and family, education, and involvement for equal rights for Latinos, women, and the poor.

A biography of the woman who founded the Self Employed Women's Association, which gives women in India financial and political power.

Biography of Dolores Huerta, who, along with Cesar Chavez, established a union to protect the rights of farm workers.

A biography of the United Farm Workers of America's first female organizer, Jessie De La Cruz, a Mexican American who began working in the California fields at the age of five, joined the UFW in 1966, and helped relieve the plight of field workers throughout the late twentieth century.

Chronicles the life of Mary "Mother" Jones, the elderly Irish widow who became famous for her power and grit as she fought for the rights of American workers and children in the early twentieth century.

A biography of Mary Harris Jones, the union organizer who worked tirelessly for the rights of workers.