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.
Evy Dubrow
was a shining light in the labor movement, serving working people into her nineties. Everyone loved and respected Evy, including Bill Clinton, who awarded her a Presidential Medal of Freedom. Her history is impressive.
She got her start in labor activism handing out fliers about the Spanish Civil War in New York's Union Square.
And...
She was one of the organizers of Americans for Democratic Action in 1947 and worked for the ADA until 1956.
I only met Evy a few times but always remembered me (well, that's the sign of a good lobbyist, right?). My mother was a member of the ILGWU and a scholarship from the union helped send me to college. For that I thank Evy and all the other labor lobbyists who are working for our welfare. Sometime lobbyists are the good guys.