Dolores Huerta, influential labor leader, feminist and civil rights icon, dies at 96
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Dolores Huerta has died at the age of 96. She was a feminist, civil rights icon, and an influential labor leader. She helped found the United Farm Workers union. Her work focused on improving conditions for people working in fruit and vegetable fields. She is credited with creating the phrase "Sí, se puede!" which became a popular rallying cry.
Huerta co-founded the United Farm Workers union to improve working conditions in the nation's fruit and vegetable fields and coined the phrase "Sí, se puede!" that became a widespread rallying cry.
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