Dolores Huerta, influential labor leader, feminist and civil rights icon, dies at 96
Dolores Huerta, who co-founded the United Farm Workers union to improve working conditions in the nation's fruit and vegetable fields and coined the phrase "Si, se puede!" that became a widespread rallying cry, has died. She was 96.
TL;DR
- Dolores Huerta, co-founder of the United Farm Workers, has died at 96.
- The union focused on improving working conditions in fruit and vegetable fields.
- Huerta coined the phrase "Si, se puede!," which became a widely recognized rallying cry.