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  2. Emma Tenayuca - Wikipedia

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    Emma Beatrice Tenayuca (December 21, 1916 – July 23, 1999) was an American labor leader, union organizer, civil rights activist, and educator.She is best known for her work organizing Mexican workers in Texas during the 1930s, particularly for leading the 1938 San Antonio pecan shellers strike.

  3. 11 Hispanic-American Innovators Who Helped Change the World - AOL

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    Another famous Mexican-American Vietnam War activist is Joan Baez, but she conducted her protests through music. Credited with resurrecting the dying art of folk music along with her contemporary ...

  4. Francisca Flores - Wikipedia

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    The issue of equality freedom, and self-determination of the Chicana-like the right of self-determination, equality, and liberation of the Mexican Chicano community- is not negotiable" (1). Flores was also a strong activist for women's rights when it came to making contraceptive more available

  5. Cesar Chavez - Wikipedia

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    Cesario Estrada Chavez (/ ˈ tʃ ɑː v ɛ z /; Spanish:; March 31, 1927 – April 23, 1993) was an American labor leader and civil rights activist. Along with Dolores Huerta and lesser known Gilbert Padilla, he co-founded the National Farm Workers Association (NFWA), which later merged with the Agricultural Workers Organizing Committee (AWOC) to become the United Farm Workers (UFW) labor union.

  6. History of Mexican Americans - Wikipedia

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    Soon, thousands of Mexican American women across the country had joined the workforce as a "Rosita the Riveter". [328] Mexican American women at Friedrich Refrigeration. In addition to efforts on the formal job market, Mexican American women made significant material and moral contributions through the formation of wartime community organizations.

  7. Las Adelitas de Aztlán - Wikipedia

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    Las Adelitas de Aztlán was a short-lived Mexican American female civil rights organization that was created by Gloria Arellanes and Gracie and Hilda Reyes in 1970. Gloria Arellanes and Gracie and Hilda Reyes were all former members of the Brown Berets, another Mexican American Civil rights organization that had operated concurrently during the 1960s and 1970s in the California area.

  8. Category:American activists of Mexican descent - Wikipedia

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    American trade unionists of Mexican descent (1 C, 22 P) Pages in category "American activists of Mexican descent" The following 53 pages are in this category, out of 53 total.

  9. Activists' network in Mexico helps U.S. women get abortions - AOL

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    Led by activist Veronica Cruz, Las Libres pioneered in training “acompañantes” to provide virtual guidance for self-managed medical abortions in Mexico and, since 2019, in the U.S. as well.