# Dolores Huerta, US labor leader and human rights advocate, dies at 96

https://mins.news/en/item/119422

- Reuters, 2026-10-28 16:10 UTC
- Society
- Original: https://www.reuters.com/world/us-civil-rights-leader-dolores-huerta-dies-96-new-york-times-reports-2026-10-28/?link_source=ta_bluesky_link&taid=6ae21e6453aa080001e53d00

> Dolores Huerta, who co-founded the United Farm Workers with Cesar Chavez, battled US lawmakers and powerful growers to improve the lives of a previously powerless constituency. Her family said she died Wednesday at age 96.

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