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Helen Fabela Chávez (January 21, 1928 – June 6, 2016) was an American labor activist for the United Farm Workers of America (UFWA). Aside from her affiliation with the UFW, she was a Chicana with a traditional upbringing and limited education. She was also the wife of Cesar Chavez.
Chavez entered a relationship with Helen Fabela, who soon became pregnant. [37] They married in Reno, Nevada in October 1948; it was a double wedding, with Chavez's sister Rita marrying her fiancé at the same ceremony. [38]
Cesar Chavez (26 P) Pages in category "United Farm Workers people" ... Cesar Chavez; Helen Fabela Chávez; Richard Chavez; D. Jessie Lopez De La Cruz; F. Rebecca ...
Cesar Chavez (born Cesar Estrada Chavez, locally [ˈsesaɾ esˈtɾaða ˈtʃaβes]; March 31, 1927 – April 23, 1993) was an American farm worker, labor leader and civil rights activist, who, with Dolores Huerta, co-founded the National Farm Workers Association (later the United Farm Workers union, UFW). [10]
Helen Fabela Chávez [54] Thomas Geoghegan* [55] Leo Gerard, President: United Steelworkers [56] Mary Kay Henry, President: SEIU [57] Dolores Huerta, co-founder: UFW [58] Jerry Jasinowski,* former President: National Association of Manufacturers [59] Douglas J. McCarron, President: UBC [60] Eliseo Medina, Secretary-Treasurer: SEIU [61]
She's the granddaughter of labor leader Cesar Chavez and labor activist Helen Fabela Chávez. Growing up in California she was active in campaigns, picket lines, boycotts, marches and union meetings.
Cesar's Last Fast is a 2014 American documentary film co-directed and produced by Richard Ray Perez and Lorena Parlee. [1] The film premiered in the U.S. Documentary Competition at the 2014 Sundance Film Festival on January 19, 2014.
n November 1954, 29-year-old Sammy Davis Jr. was driving to Hollywood when a car crash left his eye mangled beyond repair. Doubting his potential as a one-eyed entertainer, the burgeoning performer sought a solution at the same venerable institution where other misfortunate starlets had gone to fill their vacant sockets: Mager & Gougelman, a family-owned business in New York City that has ...