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Dolores Huerta, co-founder of the National Farm Workers Association and activist for female farmworkers, has died at the age of 96. During her lifelong fight for more civil rights, Huerta is known for helping to found the Coalition of Labor Union Women, coining the widely used “Sí Se Puede” chant, and her recent accusations of rape and sexual assault against César Chávez.