The civil rights movement of the 1950s and 1960s helped inspire other marginalized groups to organize and fight for their rights. The farm workers’ movement, for example, advocated for farm workers’ civil and employment rights, and Dolores Huerta—a self-proclaimed “born-again feminist,” prominent American labor leader, civil rights activist— was a champion of the cause. Huerta became an activist in the 1950s when she witnessed the poor working conditions and exploitation endured by agricultural workers, particularly those of Mexican descent. She and fellow workers’ rights activist Cesar Chavez fought for better wages, safer working conditions, and labor protections for farm workers. They founded the National Farm Workers Association, which was later renamed the United Farm Workers (UFW).