Remembering Simone de Beauvoir, France's feminist icon

On Wednesday France marks the centenary of the the birth of Simone de Beauvoir, the iconic figure...  More »

On Wednesday France marks the centenary of the the birth of Simone de Beauvoir, the iconic figurehead of the 20th-century struggle for women's liberation. Her groundbreaking 1949 work on the female condition, "The Second Sex", her defiance of social taboos, and the legendary "open" couple she formed with her lifelong companion, the philosopher Jean-Paul Sartre, have propelled her to near-mythical status around the world. File images of Beauvoir and interview with Daniele Salenave, author of a new biography of the writer.  « Less