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Article: Garza, Hedda. Latinas; Hispanic women in the United States.(Book Review)(Young Adult Review)(Brief Article)
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- March 1, 2002
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192p. notes. bibliog. index. c1994. 0-8263-2360-X. $17.95. JSA
We have a number of well-known Latina women in the U.S. who may have never been identified in the collective mind as "Latina." Joan Baez, Vicki Carr, Rita Hayworth and Linda Ronstadt, mentioned in this book, come to mind. But who knows about Dolores Huerta, who was instrumental in the success of the California grape strike of the 1960s? Her skill as a lobbyist for the United Farm Workers was well known and appreciated in the Spanish-speaking communities of the far West. Huerta went east to New York City where she contacted the leaders of NOW and garnered support among the feminists (few Latina workers ...