Luisa Moreno
Guatemalan activist · United States · On the map · Activists · Lived 1907 to 1992 · aged 85
Blanca Rosa Rodríguez López, known professionally as Luisa Moreno, was a Guatemalan-American labor and civil rights activist.
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The Convent of the Holy Names, where Moreno was enrolled for four and a half years
Workers rolling cigars at a factory in Ybor City, Florida. Moreno organized cigar workers throughout the state from 1936 to 1937.
Worker filling tuna cans in Long Beach, California. Moreno organized cannery workers throughout the state during the 1940s.
Victims of the Zoot Suit Riots. Moreno was part of a defense committee advocating for the victims of the riots, who were targeted by members of the United States Armed Forces.About this person
She worked as an organizer for the United Cannery, Agricultural, Packing, and Allied Workers of America (UCAPAWA), eventually becoming the union's vice president in 1941, making her the first Latina to be elected to a high-ranking national position in a trade union in the United States. She was also the primary organizer behind El Congreso de Pueblos de Habla Española, the first national Latino civil rights conference held in the United States.
