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The women of today are in a fair way to dethrone the myth of femininity they are beginning to affirm their independence in concrete ways but they do not easily succeed in living completely the life of a human being.
Simone de Beauvoir
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Simone de Beauvoir
Age: 78 †
Born: 1908
Born: January 9
Died: 1986
Died: April 14
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