"Maison de Beauvoir"
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Pictured is a plaque denoting the "Maison de Simone de Beauvoir" in the 14th arrondissement of Paris. The French text reads, "Simone de Beauvoir / 1908-1986 / Author of The Second Sex / writer, philosopher / lived in this house from 1955 to 1986."
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Simone de Beauvoir: The Parisian philosopher who ushered in the second wave of feminism.
In 1949, existentialist philosopher Simone de Beauvoir published The Second Sex, a culmination of two years of research into the question, “what does it mean to be a woman?” Her findings would change…