Word: california
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...Everywhere I went I was the first one to do this or that," Kuehl, a 1978 graduate of Harvard Law School, told a caucus-hosted audience of about 25 last night. She recounted a life story that began in Hollywood and now centers in the California State Assembly in Sacramento...
From that second she went on to a series of California firsts, as the first openly gay or lesbian law professor at the law schools at Loyola University and the University of California at Los Angeles. She then became the first openly gay elected state official in California, winning a seat in the State Assembly from west Los Angeles...
Cesar Chavez organizes a major strike against California grape producers to combat poor working conditions and low wages for the field workers. When the walkout appears headed for failure, he calls for a boycott of all California table grapes. Colleges throughout the country join in the boycott...
...Agricultural Labor Relations Act (ALRA) is passed in California, guaranteeing workers the right to have secret ballot elections when voting for which union will represent them...
...California's state government experiences a massive turnover in the 1982 elections. Cesar Chevez notes that Republican Governor George Deukemejian's campaign receives $1 million from corporate grape growers...