Jessie De La Cruz

author: Soto, Gary
A biography of the United Farm Workers of America's first female organizer, Jessie De La Cruz, a Mexican American who began working in the California fields at the age of five, joined the UFW in 1966, and helped relieve the plight of field workers throughout the late twentieth century.
year: 2000
call number/section: 920, 331.88, 1000, 92, 921
subjects: de la cruz, jessie lopez, 1919-, juvenile literature, women labor leaders, united states, juvenile literature, women labor union members, mexican american women, agricultural laborers, history
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