Louise Horne

{{Short description|Trinidadian politician and nutritionist (1912–2021)}}

Louise Horne DCSG (12 May 1912 – 28 March 2021) was a Trinidad and Tobago politician and nutritionist who introduced the school meals programme.

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, and in 2019 was living in a care home in the same area.

Horne served as an independent Senator in the Parliament of Trinidad and Tobago from 1976 to 1991.

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.

A postage stamp in her honour was issued in 1980.{{cite web|url=http://www.ttparliament.org/hansards/hs20041109.pdf|title=Senate Debates|publisher=Trinidad and Tobago Parliament|pages=694–695|access-date=30 March 2021|date=9 November 2004}}

In 2003, she published a book, The Evolution of Modern Trinidad and Tobago (Eniath's Printing Company; {{ISBN|9789768193117}}).

Death

Louise Horne died in March 2021, at the age of 108.

References

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{{cite news |last1=Clyne |first1=Kalifa |url=http://www.guardian.co.tt/lifestyle/2012-05-30/journey-through-life-louise-horne |title=A journey through the life of Louise Horne |newspaper=Trinidad and Tobago Guardian |date=31 May 2012 |access-date=1 January 2020 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170215182435/http://www.guardian.co.tt/lifestyle/2012-05-30/journey-through-life-louise-horne |archive-date=15 February 2017}}

{{cite web |url=http://www.dancingcocoa.com/profile?id=15 |title=Dame Louise Horne |publisher=Dancing Cocoa, Running Rails |date=2012 |access-date=1 January 2020}}

{{cite news |last1=Douglas |first1=Sean |url=https://newsday.co.tt/2019/06/17/imbert-kamla-spoke-of-own-pension/ |title=Imbert: Kamla spoke of own pension |newspaper=Trinidad and Tobago Newsday |date=17 June 2019 |access-date=1 January 2020}}

{{cite news |title=Former senator becomes centenarian |url=http://www.trinidadexpress.com/news/Former_senator_becomes_centenarian-151326745.html |newspaper=Trinidad and Tobago Express |date=13 May 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170215182612/http://www.trinidadexpress.com/news/Former_senator_becomes_centenarian-151326745.html |access-date=1 January 2020|archive-date=2017-02-15 }}

{{cite news |last1=Kong Soo |first1=Charles |url=http://www.guardian.co.tt/news/2015-05-16/dame-louise-horne-marks-102 |title=Dame Louise Horne marks 102 |newspaper=Trinidad and Tobago Guardian |date=17 May 2015 |access-date=1 January 2020}}

{{cite news |last1=Pierre |first1=Halcian |url=http://www.newsday.co.tt/people/0,2420.html |title=Women of the nineties |newspaper=Trinidad and Tobago Newsday |date=24 March 2003 |access-date=1 January 2020 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170215163251/http://www.newsday.co.tt/people/0,2420.html |archive-date=15 February 2017}}

{{cite news |last1=Webb |first1=Yvonne |url=https://newsday.co.tt/2018/08/11/broadcast-icon-june-gonsalves-dies-at-91/ |title=Media, Catholics mourn Dame June |newspaper=Trinidad and Tobago Newsday |date=11 August 2018 |access-date=1 January 2020}}

{{cite book |url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/55842852 |title=Catalogue record for "The Evolution of Modern Trinidad and Tobago" |publisher=Worldcat |oclc=55842852 |access-date=1 January 2020}}

{{cite news |url=https://newsday.co.tt/2021/03/28/former-independent-senator-louise-horne-dies-at-107 |title=Former independent senator Louise Horne dies at 107|first=Yvonne|last=Webb |newspaper=Trinidad and Tobago Newsday |date=28 March 2021 |access-date=2 April 2021}}

{{cite news |url=http://www.looptt.com/content/pnm-women-mourn-passing-tts-first-female-senator |title=PNM Women mourn passing of T&T's first female senator |publisher=Loop News |date= 28 March 2021 |access-date=2 April 2021}}

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Category:1912 births

Category:2021 deaths

Category:20th-century Trinidad and Tobago politicians

Category:20th-century Trinidad and Tobago women politicians

Category:Dames of St. Gregory the Great

Category:Members of the Senate (Trinidad and Tobago)

Category:Nutritionists

Category:Trinidad and Tobago women centenarians

Category:Women nutritionists