Dolores Huerta, Who Founded United Farm Workers With Cesar Chavez, Dies

Dolores Huerta, co-founder of the United Farm Workers union, died at age 96. She organized farm workers in California's fruit and vegetable fields beginning in the 1960s and later worked on immigration and voting rights issues. According to the New York Times, Huerta told the outlet in early 2026 that she had been raped by co-founder Cesar Chavez decades earlier.

• NYT — Dolores Huerta, Who Founded United Farm Workers With Cesar Chavez, Dies
• NPR — Dolores Huerta, influential labor leader, feminist and civil rights icon, dies at 96
• BBC — US civil rights leader Dolores Huerta dies aged 96
• Fox News — Dolores Huerta, United Farm Workers co-founder who accused César Chavez of sex abuse, dead at 96

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