Simone de Beauvoir
French existentialist philosopher and feminist whose work The Second Sex analyzed women's oppression and laid groundwork for modern feminism. Beauvoir's philosophy of embodied existence and famous claim that "one is not born, but rather becomes, a woman" influenced gender studies. Her lifelong partnership with Sartre and novels exploring freedom and ethics made her a central figure in 20th-century thought.
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