María Elena Lucas
Chicana activist (born 1941) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
María Elena Lucas (born March 22, 1941) is a Chicana migrant farm worker, labor rights activist, poet, diarist, storyteller and playwright.[1][2][3] She founded the United Farm Workers' Service Center in the North American Midwest, organizing day care, a health clinic and other services. She was vice president of the Farm Labor Organizing Committee (FLOC). Her activism was curtailed when she and her oldest son were poisoned by pesticides.[4]