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...in Paris in 1908 and she also died in Paris in 1986. She was a French writer, intellectual, existentialist philosopher, political activist, feminist and social theorist.
She attended a Roman Catholic school, private institutions and the Sorbonne.
Until 1943 she was a teacher and afterwards she earned a living through writing.
She was a pioneering figure of contemporary philosophical feminism and therefore she wrote a lot about this theme.
Her lifelong association with philosopher Jean-Paul Sartre, her lover and intellectual companion, contributed to her worldwide celebrity and also gave her inspiration for her writing.

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A treatise and analysis of women's oppression and a milestone in literature on contemporary feminism.

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It's a fictional  novel  about her and Jean-Paul Sartre's relationship with Olga Kosakiewicz and Wanda Kosakiewicz.

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It's a roman à clef about the personal lives of a close-knit group of French intellectuals from the end of World War II to the mid-1950s. She won a Prix Goncourt for this book.

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I started with the book she is most known for: "The second sex". I wanted to know more about the history of feminism and the reason behind the condition of women all over the world and the perception that society and women themselves have of the female sex.
I have learned that the beliefs that put women at a disadvantage are more ingrained and subtle than I thought and it is even more difficult to reverse this way of thinking than it was to eradicate slavery.
Knowledge and awareness are power so I hope that one day we'll achieve a more equal world, not just for women but for everyone.

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De Beauvoir believes that woman’s inferiority in society is a result not of natural differences but of differences in how men and women are raised. Male domination is not inherent or fated but conditioned at every stage of development. By the same token, a woman is taught to believe that real women must embody these characteristics and she is conditioned to believe that denying her true self is the only way to achieve happiness and gain acceptance. To bring about substantial changes in society, young boys and girls must be educated differently from the outset. It's up to society to change its skewed perspectives.

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Women are both treasured and reviled for their reproductive function, and de Beauvoir explains that one of the central problems of the female situation is the difficulty of reconciling a woman’s reproductive capacity with her productive capacity. A woman’s reproductive capacity should not stop her from fulfilling a role in society beyond the home.

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First of all she writes beautifully and uses a lot of rhetorical figures and mental images to represent the facts she writes about.
In some way it is a battle between good and evil from a woman's perspective.
A further aspect of her writing is the opportunity it affords to learn about places and historical events like, for example in "The Mandarins".
What most makes her writing a good read is how much it teaches us about feminism and how it empowers all the women who read her works.