A women's place in history has never been given the attention that it needs to be given, and that's why we have a lot of the misogyny in our society today.
Dolores HuertaWhen you choose to give up your time and resources to participate in community work, that's what makes a leader.
Dolores HuertaYou could really belong to a group of people and with other people, you could really make some significant changes - through the electoral process, of course, by registering people to vote, and by supporting good people who were running for office. For me, it was like I had found the pot of gold at the end of the rainbow.
Dolores HuertaGoing door to door and talking to people, convincing them to vote - this is what I call Organizing 101.
Dolores HuertaThere's just so many facets, I think, of the ignorance in our society that have to be corrected if we're really going to have a democratic society and a society that is just and that respects all of the members of this society regardless of who they are, what color they may be, what sexual orientation that they have or what gender, you know, they happen to be.
Dolores Huerta