Dolores Huerta, resolute champion of workers’ rights, dies at 96

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Dolores Huerta, a prominent labor leader and civil rights champion, has died at age 96 in Bakersfield, Calif. Known as the Dragon Lady, she co-founded the United Farm Workers with César Chávez and created the slogan Sí se puede. During the 1960s and 70s, she led boycotts and strikes that unionized California table-grape growers. Her efforts fundamentally changed laws and improved the lives of thousands of migrant laborers through her resolute fight for workers’ rights.
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