QUINN BRIGID QUINN Of the District of Columbia; Lusby, Maryland and San Miguel de Allende, Mexico died peacefully in her Kennedy Street NW on March 1, 2016. She was surrounded by loving family and friends, just as she had been throughout her life and her three-month long battle with cancer. Arguably, Brigie was an honorary, native resident of the District, having spent summers at her grandparents' home in Northwest following her birth in 1946 in Scranton, Pennsylvania. After graduating from Cathedral High School in Scranton, she attended Immaculata College in Northwest DC.
Throughout the late 1960s and early 1970s, Brig was very involved in the Civil Rights and Viet Nam anti-war movements, notably getting arrested for chaining herself to the doors of the Justice Department Building along with other war protesters. Brigid was active in the effort to have the U.S. Congress pass the District Home Rule Act in 1973 that expanded the self-rule rights of District citizens. In 1974, she helped John Wilson successfully run for election to the District''s first city council, representing Ward 2, which at that time was the most diverse ward in the city. Brigid would go on to serve as Wilson's Chief of Staff, including when he was elected to serve as chairman of the council in 1991. Brigid was widely regarded and respected across the city for her in-depth knowledge of the city's financial and budgetary issues. Signature legislation of which she was especially proud included rent control measures that addressed housing inequities and gun control measures to address violence in the city. Brigid went on to man "duty stations" and fulfill "positions of public trust" for the U.S. Congressional Committee on the District of Columbia, at the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission and as Director of Communications for the U.S. Patent Office.
Brigie found great joy in literature, art, food, sports(go Serena) and especially her cats and dogs. But people were most important to her. She was quintessentially social and enjoyed a broad network of friends who along with family formed the critical core of her life. Never was this more evident than when she fell ill and these same friends and family were with her continuously throughout her illness. Brigie's surviving family members, her mother(Gladys), her sisters(Molly and Tara) and her brothers(Brian, Michael and Kevin) will be eternally grateful to her dear friends and extended family members who partnered with them to ensure Brigie was surrounded and cared for by those who loved her during her final days.
A memorial service is being planned for a future date, the details of which will be published in these pages. All who knew Brigie and want to celebrate her life will be welcome.
Arrangements under the direction of Joseph Gawler's Sons LLC, Washington, DC.
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