Throughout her life, Savage was involved with women`s rights and gender inequity. Among the groups she joined was the League for Women`s Rights, Montreal`s suffrage organization. Curiously, in a speech in 1942, she said that she felt that women artists no longer faced gender inequality. They were equal to men except for housekeeping. Yet, as Kristina Huneault, the author of this article, points out, housekeeping is no minor matter because it takes time and energy away from art-making and reinforces the perception that women`s place was in the home.