Hélène de Beauvoir, the lesser known sister of feminist philosopher Simone, was a gifted painter who has been unfairly ...

The younger sister of Simone, Hélène fell victim to her sibling's long-casting shadow – but a London exhibition may see her ...

COMMENTARY: The roots of the current transgender movement and man-hating feminism can be traced back to the theories of two ...

Simone de Beauvoir (1908–1986), a trailblazing French philosopher, writer, and feminist, left an indelible mark on modern thought.She emerged as a key figure in existentialism and a pioneer in ...

Ali Smith is an author, playwright, academic and journalist. Her work includes the 2014 novelHow to Be Both and the seasonal quartet, ending with Summer (2020). Sixty years ago, the French writer’s ...

In her 1949 text The Second Sex, philosopher Simone de Beauvoir writes that, for many cultures, the home has represented values of tradition, safety and family. Inside its walls we preserve the ...

On one level, Mansfield Park is a fairytale transposed to the 19th century: Fanny Price is the archetypal poor relation who, through her virtuousness, wins a wealthy husband. But Jane Austen’s 1814 ...

Established in 1978, the Simone de Beauvoir Institute leads new research, teaching and thinking on women, gender, feminism, sexuality, race, oppression and social justice. In 2019, we began offering a ...

Dear students and friends of the Simone de Beauvoir Institute, The Simone de Beauvoir Institute joins in mourning the loss of bell hooks, a beloved and revolutionary theorist, writer, teacher, and ...

They include: Advertisement -- Pope Gregory XV in 1554 -- Writer Simone de Beauvoir in 1908 -- Entertainer Gypsy Rose Lee in 1911 -- Richard Nixon, 37th president of the United States, in 1913 ...