Farm labor leader and civil rights advocate Dolores Huerta first worked with C?sar Ch?vez as a community organizer in Mexican American areas of southern California in the mid-1950s. Ch?vez dreamed of organizing farm workers, and in 1962 he started the National Farm Workers Association. He asked Huerta to work with them, and in the next three years they recruited a number of members. In 1965 the NFWA joined the AFL-CIO-affiliated Agricultural Workers'...
Motherhood itself is an impressive undertaking. But throughout history, mothers around the world have gone above and beyond, achieving extraordinary feats. In anticipation of Mother's Day, here are ten nonfiction books about exceptional mothers who changed the world.