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Simone got to travel the world to the fullest, amongst lending her voice to many political causes. Her book, The Mandarins, received the esteemed Prix Goncourt award in 1954, which is a prize in French literature. Her most famous book The Second Sex gave way to a feminist revolution and remains a central idea in the case of women's liberation to this day. (Mussett 2020) She also played an active role in the Women's Liberation Movement in the 1970's of France. In 1971 she signed the Manifesto of the 343, which contained the names of women who went through abortion when it was illegal in France, but then later on legalized again in 1974. (The Famous People) She was and still is a role model for many women, mainly because she started the feminist revolution but also being that she impacted so many lives in such a good way with just her words.

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She fought through literature and used her voice to speak out on the inequality. She wrote many books including The Second Sex, The Ethics of Ambiguity, The Mandarins, and The Coming of Age, trying to get people to understand that throughout history, women have been forced into roles that society has chosen for them. In The Mandarins, she talked about the existence in the trapped circle of an ambiguous society and relationship, which plays into her book called Ethics of Ambiguity. These books focus on the idea that everyone should have the freedom and responsibility to do what they want with life. (Mussett 2020)  The Second Sex is one of her most famous works, being the factor that really brought women’s oppression to the center. The emphasis on freedom, responsibility, and obscurity shine from all of her works and give voice to the main idea.

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Simone de Beauvoir was a firm believer in the existentialist way of philosophy, meaning she believed that everyone should have free control over their life and actions. This was obviously a notably diverse idea in the world of philosophy or just in the world in general. During this time period, women didn't really have any sort of rights. They weren't allowed to vote and they didn't have a say in what should be wrong or right. Their families even forced them into arranged marriages, which she believed was lawfully wrong, over the fact that her friend died just before being forced into marriage, which she believed was the cause of death due to the struggle with her family.  Her death haunted Simone for the rest of her life and had a big impact on why she decided to stand up for women. Before the war, she still strived for people to change their views of women, but only after the war did she really start fighting for what was right.

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Around the time before World War ll, women were expected to do what society thought they should do. This idea of a woman consisted of one simple word; a housewife. Someone that cooks and cleans in a house all day and does whatever the man of the house tells them. The idea that men were superior to women was common in those days. When all the men got drafted into the war, women were left to work in the factories so that they had weapons for the war. This was the sort of so-called breaking point for her, causing her to speak out.

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Simone was educated at a strict Catholic school for girls. After World War I , her father suffered money problems, and the family moved to a smaller home. Beauvoir entered the Sorbonne and began to take courses in philosophy to become a teacher. (Encyclopedia of World Biography) She soon became top of her class. She then started keeping a journal and writing stories, which became a habit. According to Simone de Beauvoir, in The Second Sex (1948), " A woman is not born but becomes such, through a series of educational practices that range from the family to the state, through religion, popular culture and social norms and etiquette."

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Simone de Beauvoir was born on January 9th,  in 1908. She was the first of the daughters of George and Francois de Beauvoir, a middle class couple. She was born in Paris, France. She was actually born with a much longer name, her name was Simone Lucie-Ernestine-Marie-Bertrand de Beauvoir. (Biography.com Editors, 2020) Her father was a lawyer and had no religious beliefs, but her mother was a die-hard catholic.  Simone was a very curious girl. She was so devoted to being a Catholic that she even considered being a nun, but at the age of 14, she had some sort of crisis, causing her to become a clarified atheist. Most of the things she wrote about, however, were contradicted by what was going on in her personal life.

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I chose her because she is an inspiration to women all around the world for her importance in the roll of women's freedom and liberation. She played a big roll in the recognition of women's suffrage and oppression, which brought modern feminism to reality.

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Simone de Beauvoir was a French philosopher and writer that helped launch the French Women’s Liberation Movement by signing the Manifesto of the 343, which argued for abortion rights. Her most influential work The Second Sex helped begin a conversation around modern feminism.