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Children's Nonfiction Social Activists

Dolores Huerta: Voice for the Working Poor

by (author) Alex Van Tol

Publisher
Crabtree Publishing Company
Initial publish date
Dec 2010
Category
Social Activists, Cultural Heritage, Women
Recommended Age
11
Recommended Grade
6
  • eBook

    ISBN
    9781427194688
    Publish Date
    Dec 2010
    List Price
    $31.19
  • Paperback / softback

    ISBN
    9780778725459
    Publish Date
    Aug 2010
    List Price
    $14.95
  • Hardback

    ISBN
    9780778725367
    Publish Date
    Aug 2010
    List Price
    $31.19

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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.

 

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