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Philip H. Worgan was born at Cathrope, England in 1843. Worgan joined the Royal Navy, and eventually earned the rank of Commander. He participated in the Jamaican Revolution. Following his retirement from the Navy, he removed to Sydney, Nova Scotia where he took an avid interest in civic, social, industrial and religious activities, enjoyed photography, and was an active member of the Anglican Church. There he married Anna Blackadar in 1871. The couple had nine children: seven girls and two boys. In 1887 he was elected mayor of Sydney. He also served as Superintendent of Shipping at the International Pier in Sydney. Worgan and his family resided in their family home they called Ferndell. Worgan died in 1925.

Ruth Woodman entered Acadia in 1938 in the Secretarial Studies program. She married George Randolph Bell, Acadia Class of 1941 (B.Th.).

Mary Corning Woodland was a niece of Dr. George Hart Woodland, who graduated from Dalhousie Medical School in 1901.

William Woodbury was a professor of orthodontics at Dalhousie University from 1911-1952 and Dean of the Faculty of Dentistry from 1935-1947. He was born in 1882 and graduated with his BSc from Dalhousie University in 1905 before studying at the Philadelphia Dental College. He received an honorary LLD from Dalhousie in 1953, when he was also appointed professor emeritus. He died on 13 October 1967.

R.C Woodbury was the son of Chalmers Woodbury and Jane Whitman. Jane Whitman was a direct descendant of Anne Bailey, the daughter of Reverend Jacob Bailey. Woodbury had an avid interest in the history of Annapolis Royal and especially his ancestor, Rev. Bailey.

Dr. Weldon Patton was born in Roslin, Nova Scotia, in 1881. After graduating from Dalhousie's School of Medicine in 1908, he practised in Newfoundland and numerous locations in Cape Breton, including Glace Bay, Broughton, Dominion, and Port Morien. Patton contributed to the war effort both by serving as a doctor during World War 1, and by tending to disabled soldiers after their return from war. He died in Port Morien in 1966.

The Women's Institute has its organizational roots in rural Ontario. The first branch was formed in 1897, at a time when rural women lived in isolation and often with little or no education. Farmers had organized as the Farmers' Institute but there was nothing similar for their wives.

The beginnings of Women's Institutes in Nova Scotia are due also to the influence of Nelville Cumming. In 1911, Dr. Cumming, then principal of the Nova Scotia Agricultural College and Secretary of Agriculture for the province, visited Ontario. Upon returning to Nova Scotia, he recommended to the provincial government that the organization be established here. In 1913, Miss Jennie Fraser of New Glasgow, a graduate of MacDonald College, was appointed superintendent of the Women's Institutes of Nova Scotia.

With the assistance of Mrs. Laura (Rose) Stephen of Ontario, the first Institute was organized in Salt Springs, Pictou County on 17 July 1913. In 1919, Miss Helen J. MacDougall took over the position of superintendent and remained with the organization for the next 26 years. Also in 1919, the Federated Women's Institutes of Canada (FWIC) was formed to coordinate the work of the provinces and became the national voice for rural women in Canada.

The Women's Institute was established in response to a national movement, originating in Ontario in 1911. The first Women's Institutes were organized in Nova Scotia in 1913 by the Department of Agriculture to improve social conditions and provide education and instruction to their members. The goal of the movement was to provide a social network and encourage the education of rural women. The Cambridge Women's Institute was founded in 1920. Monthly meetings were held, often in members' homes, and the group was funded by an annual grant from Department of Agriculture, membership dues and by raising money locally.