century--philanthropic ones, social service ones, schools, colleges and so forth; universities--bryn mawr has a graduate school. and so i was very interested in how those institution--institutions were founded and what impact they'd had on women's position in american society. at the same time, at the university of toronto, since i've never been able to keep my hands out of politics, i guess i got involved in a variety of political fights at the university of toronto, including one about equitable treatment of women. i had the usual experience of women academics of being passed over for promotion, while all my male colleagues were promoted. and i discovered, at the same time, that i'd been paid much less than they, although i worked every bit as hard and had published, in a scholarly sense, and taught just as much and served the university in a variety of administrative capacities. so i got really mad. and i had the decision reversed and had my compensation corrected. and then i got to thinking, 'well, it was easy for me to have that fight. i'm happily married. i've got a husband who'd su