Two women stand against the backdrop of a flag that reads 'Farm Workers UF WOX/AFL-CIO'
Dolores Huerta, left, with Hope Lopez discuss boycott strategy in Los Angeles on 17 December 1970. Photograph: Judd Gunderson/Los Angeles Times/Getty Images
People on stage with a mural of farm workers behind them
The UFW convention in Fresno, California, in 1975. The InterHarvest farm workers representative Armando Ruiz is at the podium, and behind him are, from left, UFW members and leaders Mack Lyons. Richard Chavez, Dolores Huerta, Cesar Chavez, Gilbert Padilla, Philip Vera Cruz and Peter Velasco.Photograph: Cathy Murphy/Getty Images
A woman at a podium wearing a poncho with the UFW logo on it
Dolores Huerta speaks at a UFW rally in California, ca 1975 or 1976.Photograph: Cathy Murphy/Getty Images
A group poses for a photograph at a dinner
Dolores Huerta in Denver in 1970 with, from left, Waldo Benavidez, the Rev Miguel F Barragan and Herrick Roth.Photograph: Denver Post/Getty Images
A woman with her three children
Dolores Huerta and her daughters in Keene, California, in the mid-1970s.Photograph: Cathy Murphy/Getty Images
People gather at a news conference holding photos of the working conditions farmworkers have to endure
Dolores Huerta and Cesar Chavez display photos of the conditions that farmworkers endure in San Joaquin valley farm labor camps, at a news conference in Fresno, California, on 21 November 1989.Photograph: Richard Darby/Fresno Bee/TNS
People march for workers’ rights
UFW president Arturo Rodriguez, right, and Dolores Huerta, lead a 150-mile march near Thornton, California, on 22 August 2002, to persuade then governor Gray Davis to sign a bill forcing binding arbitration when contract talks fail between growers and unions.Photograph: Rich Pedroncelli/AP
A farm worker wearing a red cap speaks at a news conference alongside a woman
Dolores Huerta and raspberry farm worker Valentin Leon at the UFW headquarters in Watsonville, California, on 7 August 1997.Photograph: Paul Sakuma/AP
A wide shot of a protest
Dolores Huerta, center in black jacket, joins UFW members and their supporters during a rally on 26 March 2006, in downtown Los Angeles, to mark union founder Cesar Chavez’s birthday and to protest pending federal legislation aimed at cracking down on illegal immigration. Photograph: Ric Francis/AP
A woman at a podium with her hand raised
Dolores Huerta shouts some words of encouragement in downtown Albuquerque before a special election to decide whether abortions after 20 weeks of pregnancy should be banned in the city, on 19 November 2013.Photograph: Roberto E Rosales/Albuquerque Journal/ZUMA Press Wire/Shutterstock
Barack Obama awards a Medal of Freedom to Dolores Huerta
Barack Obama awards the Medal of Freedom to Dolores Huerta on 29 May 2012 in the White House.Photograph: Jim Lo Scalzo/EPA
A group of women look on as they listen to the president speak
Dolores Huerta listens to Barack Obama speak about immigration reform at the Del Sol high school in Las Vegas on 21 November 2014.Photograph: Sam Morris/Las Vegas Review-Journal/AP
Protestors hold a sign that reads 'Stop Funding Dakota Access Pipeline'
Jane Fonda, Dolores Huerta, Grey Wolf, Frances Fisher and Lily Tomlin rally against Wells Fargo in solidarity with the people of Standing Rock in Hollywood, California, on 21 December 2016. Photograph: Tommaso Boddi/AFP/Getty Images
A woman greets children at a school as they look on admiringly
Dolores Huerta greets students during the first Dolores Huerta Day at the Dolores Huerta international academy in Fontana, California, on 15 April 2019.Photograph: Will Lester/MediaNews Group/Inland Valley Daily Bulletin/Getty Images
A woman receives an honorary degree
Dolores Huerta receives an honorary degree from the University of Southern California on 12 May 2023.Photograph: Sarah Reingewirtz/MediaNews Group/Los Angeles Daily News/Getty Images
A profile of an older woman in a hat
Dolores Huerta attends an election night event for California gubernatorial candidate Xavier Becerra on 2 June 2026 in Los Angeles. Photograph: Jae C Hong/AP
Two people hang marigolds on an altar
The Dolores Huerta elementary school in San Francisco on 28 October 2026.Photograph: Jeff Chiu/AP
A photograph, candles, flowers adorn an altar
An altar in honor of Dolores Huerta at Old Town Plaza in Albuquerque, New Mexico, on 28 October 28 2026. Photograph: Susan Montoya Bryan/AP