Simone de Beauvoir
French existentialist philosopher and feminist pioneer. Beauvoir's The Second Sex analyzed women's oppression through existentialist lens, arguing one is not born but becomes a woman. Her relationship with Sartre exemplified intellectual partnership. Beauvoir's work on ambiguity, ethics, and freedom influenced feminism and existentialism. She explored authenticity, bad faith, and gendered existence.
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