Simone de Beauvoir was born on 9 January 1908 in 6th arrondissement of Paris. A French philosopher, writer and feminist thinker, Beauvoir was a leading figure of existentialism and for many years the partner of Jean-Paul Sartre. Her book The Second Sex, published in 1949, analysed the historical and social construction of womanhood and became a founding text of modern feminism. She also wrote novels, including The Mandarins, which won the Prix Goncourt in 1954, philosophical essays such as The Ethics of Ambiguity, and several volumes of memoirs. Politically engaged, she supported left-wing causes and later took an active part in the women's movement in France. Her ideas continue to be widely discussed.
Before and after
- from 1908 to 1913Geiger–Marsden experiment
- 1908Founding of Cairo University
- 1908Identification of Takayasu's arteritis
- 9 January 1908Birth of Lev Landau
- 9 January 1908Birth of Simone de Beauvoir
- 27 January 1908Discovery of Pasiphae
- 9 March 1908Founding of Inter Milan
- 1 April 1908Birth of Abraham Maslow
- 5 April 1908Founding of Germany men's national association football team
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- from 1886 to 1905Rise of Post-impressionism
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