Lobbyist Evelyn Dubrow, 95; Worked for ILGWU, Civil Rights

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Now this my friends was a great woman. The word Lobbyist has been mucked up lately, this is a woman who brought honor to the profession, Evy will be missed by those of us who she came in contact with.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/06/21/AR2006062102132.html


Evelyn "Evy" Dubrow, 95, an indefatigable lobbyist for garment workers for almost 50 years and the only person on Capitol Hill allowed to share the congressional doorkeepers' chairs outside the House chambers, died June 20 of a heart attack at George Washington University Hospital.

Miss Dubrow, the 4-foot, 11-inch, throaty-voiced representative for the International Ladies Garment Workers Union and its successor union from 1956 until about two years ago, wore out countless pairs of size 4 shoes in the marble halls of the Capitol, where she advocated for a higher minimum wage, fair trade laws, family and medical leave policies and civil rights...............

Well worth the read


"Everyone knows Evy," said one newspaper profile of the friendly activist. Another said, "She stands eye-to-eye with Labor Secretary Robert B. Reich and goes toe-to-toe with the big boys, whether the late O'Neill . . . or Sen. Alan K. Simpson, the 6-foot-7 Republican from Wyoming."



http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/06/21/AR2006062102132.html

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1. Kick, Evy is well worth reading about

She was a national treasure