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 Restless Energy A Biography of William Rowan 1891-1957 by (author) Marianne Ainley Despite the Odds Essays on Canadian Women and Science edited by Marianne Ainley