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Tuesday, September 05, 2006

Spreading the word to female farmworkers / A group teaches women about their rights in the fields

Spreading the word to female farmworkers / A group teaches women about their rights in the fields
By Heidi Benson
Soon after Virginia Bautista came from Mexico to work in the fields of California, her supervisor demanded sex. She quit. But when it happened at her next job, in 1988, she had nowhere to turn. She had four children to support. "I couldn't lose my job...

 



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