Louise Horne
Louise Horne DCSG (12 May 1912 – 28 March 2021) was a Trinidad and Tobago politician and nutritionist who introduced the school meals programme.[1][2][3]
In 2012, she still lived in the house in Arima where she had been born a century earlier, which she had inherited from her parents,[4] and in 2019 was living in a care home in the same area.[5][6]
Horne served as an independent Senator in the Parliament of Trinidad and Tobago from 1976 to 1991.[1]
She was named Dame of the Order of St. Gregory the Great by Pope John Paul II, one of just two Trinidadian women whom he so honoured.[7]
A postage stamp in her honour was issued in 1980.[8]
In 2003, she published a book, The Evolution of Modern Trinidad and Tobago (Eniath's Printing Company; ISBN 9789768193117).[9]
References
[edit]- 1 2 Pierre, Halcian (24 March 2003). "Women of the nineties". Trinidad and Tobago Newsday. Archived from the original on 15 February 2017. Retrieved 1 January 2020.
- ↑ "Former senator becomes centenarian". Trinidad and Tobago Express. 13 May 2012. Archived from the original on 2017-02-15. Retrieved 1 January 2020.
- ↑ "Dame Louise Horne". Dancing Cocoa, Running Rails. 2012. Retrieved 1 January 2020.
- ↑ Clyne, Kalifa (31 May 2012). "A journey through the life of Louise Horne". Trinidad and Tobago Guardian. Archived from the original on 15 February 2017. Retrieved 1 January 2020.
- ↑ Douglas, Sean (17 June 2019). "Imbert: Kamla spoke of own pension". Trinidad and Tobago Newsday. Retrieved 1 January 2020.
- ↑ Kong Soo, Charles (17 May 2015). "Dame Louise Horne marks 102". Trinidad and Tobago Guardian. Retrieved 1 January 2020.
- ↑ Webb, Yvonne (11 August 2018). "Media, Catholics mourn Dame June". Trinidad and Tobago Newsday. Retrieved 1 January 2020.
- ↑ "Senate Debates" (PDF). Trinidad and Tobago Parliament. 9 November 2004. pp. 694–695. Retrieved 30 March 2021.
- ↑ Catalogue record for "The Evolution of Modern Trinidad and Tobago". Worldcat. OCLC 55842852.
- ↑ Webb, Yvonne (28 March 2021). "Former independent senator Louise Horne dies at 107". Trinidad and Tobago Newsday. Retrieved 2 April 2021.
- ↑ "PNM Women mourn passing of T&T's first female senator". Loop News. 28 March 2021. Retrieved 2 April 2021.