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Adventures in Feministory: Jessie de la Cruz

History post by Kjerstin Johnson, November 30, 2009 - 11:21pm; tagged Adventures In Feministory, Chicana history, farming, Feministory, Jessie de la Cruz, labor, Mexican-Americans, UFW.

"The average farmworker lived 49 years—compared to 70 years for the white majority in the United States. A migrant worker’s baby was twice as likely to die as babies of other people. Farmworkers were three times as likely as other people to get tuberculosis, three times as likely to get hurt on the job, and were the lowest-paid workers in the country."
Jessie de la Cruz grew up in these conditions, and as one of the first female organizers of the United Farmworkers of America, devoted her life to make sure that others wouldn't have to.