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In the fall of 1975, the Nova Scotia Women’s Action Committee (NSWAC) was formed in Halifax by women wishing to work in a practical way toward the full and equal participation of women in all aspects of Nova Scotia society -- political, economic, educational, cultural, and social. Membership was open to all female residents of Nova Scotia.

Members' meetings were held roughly every two months to set policy and decide on major activities. Between public meetings, a Steering Committee of six to eight women (elected annually in September) acted for the whole committee, acting on issues as they arose and speaking for the whole committee. The committee was active in many areas, such as abortion, day care, education, equal pay, matrimonial property, and unemployment. In 1978, NSWAC received a grant from the Secretary of State and published the Report of the Resource Bank Project on Boards and Commissions Access Kit to Nova Scotia’s Boards and Commissions.

The objectives of the Nova Scotia Family and Child Welfare Association, founded in 1968, were to coordinate the family and child welfare activities of its members; to foster public interest in the welfare of families and children; and to promote study, research, and education pertaining to family and child welfare programs and legislation.

The association was preceded by the Nova Scotia Child Welfare Association. The officers of the association included a President, Past President, First Vice President, Second Vice President, and Secretary-Treasurer. The executive was composed of Officers, a Chairman of the Standing Committees, and six Members-at-Large. The association also consisted of several committees, including Legislation, Nominating, Publicity, Maintenance Rates and Finance, Personnel Standards and Practices, Annual Meeting Program, and Study and Research Committees.

Annual General Meetings were held annually in June and there were a minimum of four executive meetings each year. Membership was open to recognized agencies concerned with the welfare of families and children and was subject to the approval of the executive.

The American Institute of the History of Pharmacy is an American association out of the University of Madison-Wisconsin Pharmacy School. The documentation and preservation of pharmacy's heritage is the primary aim of the Institute. They do this by making available a wide variety of materials related to scholarly, professional, and popular history of pharmacy. The Institute provides financial support for research designed to illuminate the history of the profession, the history of drug research and manufacturing, and the history of the uses of medicines in society.

AIHP serves as consultant to professional associations, teachers, libraries, museums, pharmacy schools, communications media, and scholars in the field. The Institute has co-operated with the agencies and associations of American pharmacy to promote professional development by providing historical research, information, and insight on the issues affecting pharmacy both past and present. The Institute sponsors symposia and workshops, often collaborating with groups like the American Pharmaceutical Association and the American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy to foster research and publishing on ethics, technology, and other issues of importance to the field.

The Academy of the History of Pharmacy was founded in 1945 to serve as a Canadian centre for research and information on historical and social aspects of pharmacy by aiding investigators, publication, study, and interest in history of pharmacy, and by collecting historical records of pharmacy to make them available publicly and permanently.

The Academy also assists the professional development of all branches of pharmacy by clarifying its role within the evolution of the professions and sciences. At the annual general meeting each year, papers are presented on the history of pharmacy, which are circulated to the members. On occasion, the CPJ will publish some of the historical articles.

Jessie I. MacKnight was born in Pictou, Nova Scotia and would become a notable pharmacist in Nova Scotia and a lecturer at the Maritime College of Pharmacy. She began her career as a teacher, but would go on to graduate from the Maritime College of Pharmacy. She initially worked at the Victoria General Hospital and later joined the Maritime College of Pharmacy as director of dispensing practice. She retired in 1961, after 40 years of service.

One of the first women teaching pharmacy in Canada, MacKnight was known to have little patience for mediocrity, poor effort, or carelessness and was often heard stating "think, listen, repeat" to her admiring students. As a professor at the Maritime College of Pharmacy for 38 years, Dr. MacKnight's influence on generations of students is honoured by a teaching excellence award bearing her name. In addition, the dispensing laboratory was named after her in tribute in 1986.

Jessie MacKnight was also an active member of the Halifax community, having been a member of the Halifax Club of Business and Professional Women. She was instrumental in compiling the forty-year history of the organization in 1976 and was honoured with an honorary lifetime membership certificate.

MacKnight passed away on 18 June 1985.