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(Olivia C. Smith, 2002).
One of the leading political Chicana women today is Dolores Huerta; she is the co-founder of the First Vice President Emeritus which belongs to United Farm Workers of America. Born in April 10, 1930, she founded an organization namely Community Service Organization in 1955 and in 1960 she founded Agricultural Workers Association. Later on, she worked with Cesar Chavez and built an organization, National Farm Workers Association which name was changed to United Workers Organizing Committee and afterwards it became UFW in 1966. She made a contract between UFW and Schenley Wine Company for the farm workers who successfully bargained with an agricultural enterprise. Dolores directed a boycott the UFW's national grape for the farm workers to the consumers. In result for this boycott, California table grape industry signed a three years agreement with the United Farm Workers. She is highly politically active and against the federal laws of California but she also supported various laws including a bill which permitted people to take the California driver's examination in Spanish in 1960, she also appealed an extension of Aid to Families with Dependent Children for the farm workers of California. Another political chicana woman is namely Maria Echaveste who has been an advisor to Bill Clinton and White House and currently a Senior Fellow to Center for American Progress, also a co-founder of the Nueva Vista Group which an advocacy group working with non-profit...
She was born in 1954, Texas. Maria also served as an administrator of Wage and Hour Division of the Department of Labor in 1993 and 1997; she was responsible for the management and to direct policies for the programs which were related to various Federal laws such as the Fair Labor Standard Act also including the Family and Medical Leave act. Later she became Director of Public Liaison at White House from February 1997 till May 1998. She also served as an Assistant to President and also a Deputy Chief of Staff as well to President Bill Clinton, showed effort within the White House for foreign and disasters also worked on the issues related to Latin America. After the end of Bill Clinton administration, she got a responsibility for the management of the White House and also for the preparation of the millennium celebration and for 2000 Presidential transition. she is currently working for her group namely Nueva Vista Group, working for the corporation on the issues of immigration, telecommunications, health care and labor and also a part time lecturer at University of California. (Wikipedia).
Bibliography
Jandura, Tereza. Women in the Mexican Revolution. http://www.ic.arizona.edu/ic/mcbride/ws200/mex-jand.htm#Soldaderas
Smith, Olivia C. 2002 Chicana Feminism http://www.english.emory.edu/Bahri/chicana.html
Wikipedia.com Maria Echaveste and Dolores Huerta www.wikipedia.comPath: Maria Echaveste, Dolores Huerta.
Bibliography
Jandura, Tereza. Women in the Mexican Revolution. http://www.ic.arizona.edu/ic/mcbride/ws200/mex-jand.htm#Soldaderas
Smith, Olivia C. 2002 Chicana Feminism http://www.english.emory.edu/Bahri/chicana.html
Wikipedia.com Maria Echaveste and Dolores Huerta www.wikipedia.comPath: Maria Echaveste, Dolores Huerta.
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