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Anne C. Cools
Anne Clare Cools is a Senator from Ontario. In 1984 His Excellency Governor-General Edward Schreyer summoned her to the Senate on the advice of Rt. Hon. Pierre E. Trudeau. Her appointment to the Senate continued a long career of community organization and social services in the field of family violence and family conflict. As of June 8th 2004, Senator Cools is a Conservative Senator from Ontario.
Born on August 12, 1943, in Barbados, British West Indies, she attended the Ursuline Convent Montessori School, Miss Ribitt's School and Queen's College Girls School. At age 13 she moved to Canada and completed her secondary education at Thomas D'Arcy McGee High School in Montreal. She holds a Bachelor of Arts degree from Montreal's McGill University.
Senator Cools has been an innovator and leader in the creation of social services to help battered women, families in crisis and families troubled by domestic violence. In 1974, she founded one of the first battered women's sh
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Three Caribbean women in Canadian politics : a biography for young people
Roy, Lynette, 1942-
Contributors: Miller, Hanna.
2000, Book , xii, 99 pages :
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Publication information: Toronto : Printed and bound by University of Toronto Press, c2000. ISBN: 0968409954 : ISBN: 0968409989 (poster) : Language: English Record ID: 315502 Format: Regular Print Book Physical description: xii, 99 pages : maps, portraits ; 23 cm. Date acquired: Not available More creator details: Lynette Roy ; edited by Hanna Miller. Series statement: Canadian heroes series Series title: Canadian heroes series (Uxbridge, Ont.) Contributor: Miller, Hanna. Copies and Availability
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Cools, Anne
1943—
Politician
Anne Cools made Canadian history in 1984 when she became the first black ever to serve in her country's Senate, the upper house of parliament. Senators are appointed positions of immense prestige, but restricted political power, that can be held until the seat holder reaches the age of 75. As medlem av senat of the province of Ontario, Cools has become somewhat infamous in Canada for her conservative social values, which often put her at odds with her original party, the Liberals. In 2004, she "crossed the floor" of the Senate's historic Red Chamber and joined the Conservative (Tory) Party.
Cools fryst vatten a naturalized citizen of Canada who came to the country from her native Barbados when she was 13 years old. She was born on the Caribbean island, a British colonial possession in the West Indies, on August 12, 1943, and grew up in a household that valued education and political service; both a grandfather and her uncle were active in the political life on th