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Barbara Anne Carter Keddy was born at Yarmouth, N.S. on 13 December 1938. She received her RN licence from the Yarmouth School of Nursing in 1959. She continued to work and teach at the Yarmouth Regional Hospital until 1971 when she moved to Halifax to continue university studies. She obtained a diploma in public health nursing (Dalhousie, 1973), a B.Sc. in nursing (Mount Saint Vincent, 1975), MA in sociology (1977) and Ph.D. (1983) from Dalhousie. Since 1979, Keddy has been appointed to various academic positions in Dalhousie University's School of Nursing, Department of Sociology and Social Anthropology, and Women's Studies. She has served as chairperson and board member for numerous professional associations and was the first national president and founder of the Nova Scotia Association for the History of Nursing. Keddy has written extensively for several academic journals.