Children's Nonfiction Social Activists
Dolores Huerta: Voice for the Working Poor
- Publisher
- Crabtree Publishing Company
- Initial publish date
- Dec 2010
- Category
- Social Activists, Cultural Heritage, Women
- Recommended Age
- 11
- Recommended Grade
- 6
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eBook
- ISBN
- 9781427194688
- Publish Date
- Dec 2010
- List Price
- $31.19
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Paperback / softback
- ISBN
- 9780778725459
- Publish Date
- Aug 2010
- List Price
- $14.95
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Hardback
- ISBN
- 9780778725367
- Publish Date
- Aug 2010
- List Price
- $31.19
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Description
Dolores Huerta grew up in a climate charged by political activism. Fueled by her own contact with migrant farm workers—most of them Mexican immigrants with virtually no access to the system of labor laws and conditions under which they lived and worked—Dolores became an outspoken activist and organizer. She founded the United Farm Workers in 1962 with legendary Mexican American labor leader César Chávez, and also worked toward improving the lives of workers, voters, immigrants, and women.
About the author
Alex Van Tol taught middle school for eight years, then made the switch to writing for a living. A writer of fiction and nonfiction for kids and teens, she has published over 10 books including Great Bear Rainforest: A Giant-Screen Adventure in the Land of the Spirit Bear with Ian McAllister and several titles in the Orca Currents, Soundings and Sports lines. Alex lives in Victoria, British Columbia, with her family.
