Anne Clare Cools was born on August 12th,
1943 in Barbados. Anne’s mother name is Rosita Miller Cools and she was a
British Methodist and a small plantation owner. Anne’s father name is Lucius
Cools and he was a Roman Catholic who ran in 1938 for the party that is known
as the Barbados Labor Party (BLP). Anne was the only child, so she didn’t have
any siblings. Anne went to different school. The school that
she went to are Montessori High School, Queen's College Girls Schools, Thomas
D'Arcy McGee High School and Montreal's McGill University. When Anne was 13,
she moved to Montreal. Anne was a social worker in innovative social service in
Toronto. When Anne was a pioneer in curbing domestic and family violence, she
found one of Canada's first women's shelters, it's the Women in Transition
Inc., it was serving as its Executive Director. Anne helped in the
establishment of several other women's shelter in Ontario and all over in Canada.
In 19787, when Anne entered in the federal politics searching the Liberal Party
nomination in Toronto's Rosedale Riding. It became the largest party nomination
battle with only two candidates in Canadian history. The National Film Board documented
the nomination contest in its film called ''The Right Candidate For Rosedale'',
which showed Anne's change, hard work and determination in her campaign. In
1978, Anne won the Rosedale nomination and she was the Liberal Party's
candidate for 1979 and1980 federal general election under the leadership of Pierre
Elliot Trudeau. Even though Anne was a formidable candidate in both election
the Progressive Conservatives managed to hold on to the seat in Rosedale. Anne
was a candidate for the Liberal Party in Toronto's Rosedale riding between
1979-1980 which was the federal general election. Anne became a senator
throughout a different way. Instead of earning to become she was appointed by
one. Anne became a senator by being appointed by Prime Minister Pierre Elliot
Trudeau in 1984. From 1984-2004 which was 20 years between 1984 and 2004, Anne
sat as a Liberal Senator and then she joined the Conservative Caucus. For now
Anne sits as an Independent Senator. Anne had no party affiliation. In October
2004, Anne was chosen one of the 100 greatest Canadians of all time and of the
CBC's Top 20 Canadian Women. When Anne was a senator one of her biggest
achievement was the parliamentary governance. One of her goals was to help the
poor and solve family crisis. This is so far that has happened to Anne but
there is more to find out as she live on.