article_snippet: French existentialist philosopher Simone de Beauvoir's 1949 book "The Second Sex" became a landmark feminist work.
article_snippet: French existentialist philosopher Simone de Beauvoir's 1949 book "
article_snippet: The Second Sex analyzed the treatment and perception of women throughout history, and was deemed so controversial that the Vatican put in on the Index of Prohibited books.
article_snippet: All oppression creates a state of war; this is no exception," said De Beauvoir, who along with partner Jean Paul Sartre was one of the most influential thinkers of the 20th century.