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Obituaries

Aug. 27, 2009

Latina Advocate's Career Touched Lives of Many

Maria Rodriguez, a longtime advocate for minority women's rights and Senior Council for Kaiser Foundation Health Plan, died on Sunday after a two-year battle with breast cancer. She was 56.

By Evan George
Daily Journal Staff Writer

LOS ANGELES - Maria Rodriguez, a longtime advocate for minority women's rights and senior counsel for Kaiser Foundation Health Plan, died on Sunday after a two-year battle with breast cancer. She was 56.

As director of the Chicana Rights Project for the Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund and a board member of California Women's Law Center, Rodriguez built a legal career both in and out of...

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