Ms. Huerta, a champion for workers and Latinos, revealed this year that she had been sexually assaulted by Cesar Chavez. But some women said she rebuffed their own complaints about abuse within the movement.
Dolores Huerta, seen in a 1988 rally, was remembered Wednesday in California as a transformative leader who won rights for Latinos, farm workers and women.
Dolores Huerta, the pioneering labor leader and civil rights icon, died Wednesday from cancer at her home in Bakersfield, California. Amna Nawaz looks back at Huerta's life and legacy.
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