About Marianne Ainley Marianne Ainley (1937-2008) was principal of the Simone de Beauvoir Institute at Concordia University, as well as dean of Women's Studies at the University of Northern British Columbia. Books by Marianne Ainley Creating Complicated Lives Women and Science at English-Canadian Universities, 1880-1980 edited by Marianne Ainley, Marelene Rayner-Canham & Geoff Rayner-Canham Despite the Odds Essays on Canadian Women and Science edited by Marianne Ainley Restless Energy A Biography of William Rowan 1891-1957 by (author) Marianne Ainley