The classic manifesto of the liberated woman, this book explores every facet of a woman's life.

Simone de Beauvoir’s 1949 book The Second Sex is a masterpiece of feminist criticism and philosophy. An incendiary take on the place of women in post-war Fren

“Like man, woman is a human being.” When The Second Sex was first published in Paris in 1949—groundbreaking, risqué, brilliantly written and strikingly m

One of the most influential thinkers of her generation draws us into the lives of three women, all past their first youth, all facing unexpected crises in these

In a compelling chronicle of her search to understand Beauvoir's philosophy in The Second Sex, Margaret A. Simons offers a unique perspective on Beauvoir's wide