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Dame Lois Honoured

Published: Tuesday, February 20, 2007

Royal Gazette, Bermuda

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Rodeyka Brown Evans, Kidada Robinson and Kenneth Brown Evans Pusha, grandchildren of Dame Lois Brown Evans look at a painting of Dame Lois which was unveiled at Sessions House yesterday. Premiers and politicians past and present and family heard House of Assembly Speaker Stanley Lowe describe her as a legend and pioneer who had paved the way for other women politicians. Dame Lois, 79, who led the Progressive Labour Party for 13 years in Opposition and became the country's first female Attorney General paid tribute to her husband John who had supported her political career. Artist Bernard Poulin, who also painted the portrait of Dame Jennifer Smith that hangs in the Cabinet building, said: "My job in creating an official portrait is to ensure that, despite the fact future generations may not know her, they will nonetheless look upon Dame Lois as someone to emulate".