de Beau‧voir, Si‧mone /də ˈbəʊvwɑːʳ $ -bəʊˈvwɑːr, siːˈməʊn/
(1908–86) a French writer, thought by some to be the mother of feminist writing. She had a relationship with the philosopher and writer Jean-Paul Sartre which lasted until Sartre died in 1980.

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