Dolores Huerta’s Leading Role in the Farm Workers’ Movement Featured in Smithsonian Traveling Exhibition at Park City Museum

January 21, 2017 was the day of the worldwide Women’s March. Legendary civil rights leader and co-founder of the United Farm Workers’ Union, Dolores Huerta was invited to be one of the featured speakers to the half million marchers gathered in Washington D.C.. She chose not to go. 

Instead, the thousands of marchers who paraded down Park City’s Main Street were honored to have Huerta, right here, to speak to our crowd and inspire everyone to stay strong and stand up. 

That winter, Huerta was attending the Sundance Film Festival for the premiere of a documentary about her life. This spring, Huerta has returned to our town in the form of a Smithsonian Institute Traveling Exhibit entitled Dolores Huerta: Revolution in the Fields / Revolucion en los Campos, which also focuses on her life as an organizer, a teacher, mother, communicator, lobbyist and contract negotiator.

It was she, who coined the phrase “Yes, we can! / ¡Si, se puede!” and provided us with an amazing example of exactly what a woman had the power to accomplish. 

Learn about her life from early influences to her groundbreaking time as the female voice in the traditionally male-dominated farm workers’ movement. Although her name and impact are often over looked, Huerta and her colleagues sacrificed much to challenge the system and create a better life for the undervalued workers.  

Reproductions of historic and personal photographs, along with graphic elements make up the exhibit. A free, user-friendly mobile tour smart phone app featuring interviews with Huerta and a short bilingual documentary video is available.

The installation is bilingual and will be presented in the Park City Museum’s Tozer Gallery from May 15 through August 8.

Dolores Huerta: Revolution in the Fields / Revolución en los Campos is organized by the Smithsonian Institution Traveling Exhibition Service in collaboration with the Smithsonian’s National Portrait Gallery. This exhibition received Federal support from the Latino Initiatives Pool, administered by the Smithsonian Latino Center.