Simone+de+Beauvoir

=Simone de Beauvoir=

During the turn of the 19th century came a new generation, one that would fight for everyone's equal rights. One of those people was a woman named Simone de Beauvoir. Born in France in 1908, 6 years before the start of World War I, Simone had a turbulent childhood. However, she prevailed and went on to live a long, successful life before her death in 1986. Her career was as a writer, but made her mark as a feminist, fighting for equal rights. Although Simone was actually an author, she was most famous for her philosophical ways. After receiving outstanding scores throughout many colleges, Simone decided to begin a career as a writer. Although she was raised a devout Catholic, she was a self declared atheist and focused on writing that was philosophical and mathematical. She also worked for the French Resistance during WWII.

Beauvoir wrote on many topics including the Feminist Movement and regarding foreign policy in America during the Vietnam War. Some of her more famous writings include her first work,//She Came to Stay//, which was published in 1943, and //The Second Sex,//published in 1949. During her later years, Beauvoir spent a considerable amount of time writing about death and aging.

The private life of Simone de Beauvoir was daring for the times. She maintained a life-long relationship with Jean-Paul Sarte,a similar thinker. She refused his marriage proposal and they lived a very modern life with an open relationship. Though the relationship had many ups and downs, Beauvoir shares a grave with Sarte in Montparnasse Cemetery. In all, Simone de Beauvoir was a very philosophical writer who impacted many controversial movements.