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Dolores Huerta, influential labor leader, feminist and civil rights icon, dies at 96

Dolores Huerta, influential labor leader, feminist and civil rights icon, dies at 96
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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 “Sí, se puede!” that became a widespread rallying cry, has died. She was 96. Huerta's family said she died Wednesday at home. “We know that m...

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