09 Feb 1965: Dolores Huerta, as part of the Agricultural Workers Organizing Committee, organizes Delano grape strike against exploitation of Mexican and Filipino farm workers in California. This strike lasted five years Continue reading
09 Feb 1989: Cuban immigrant Ileana Ros-Lehtinen is the first Hispanic woman elected to Congress, later becoming the first woman to chair the House Foreign Affairs Committee. Continue reading
09 Feb 1848 Lucretia Mott writes to the Liberator about her visit to the Seneca Nation. Continue reading
09 Feb 1918: After being arrested and sentenced to time in a workhouse, Lafayette Park protestors begin hunger strike. Continue reading