Simone de Beauvoir and Jean-Paul Sartre in Paris, circa 1945. Photo: Robert Doisneau

Simone de Beauvoir and Jean-Paul Sartre in Paris, circa 1945. Photo: Robert Doisneau

Simone de Beauvoir, 1945. Photos: Henri Cartier-Bresson.

Simone de Beauvoir, Paris, 1946. Photo: Denise Bellon.

Simone de Beauvoir, Paris, 1946. Photo: Denise Bellon.

Simone de Beauvoir and Elisabeth Salvaresi at the founding of the Comité Internacional du Droit des Femmes (International Comitee for Women’s Rights). Paris. March, 1979. Photo: Martine Franck.

Simone de Beauvoir and Elisabeth Salvaresi at the founding of the Comité Internacional du Droit des Femmes (International Comitee for Women’s Rights). Paris. March, 1979. Photo: Martine Franck.

Simone de Beauvoir and Jean-Paul Sartre, Nida, Lithuania, 1965. Photos: Antanas Sutkus.

[I can’t deny, I love these photos. And Antanas Sutkus is such a great photographer! I thank him.] 

Simone de Beauvoir with Ellen and Richard Wright. New York, 1947. Photographer: unknown.

Simone de Beauvoir with Ellen and Richard Wright. New York, 1947. Photographer: unknown.

Simone de Beauvoir during a women’s demonstration in Paris. The text in her arm says: “Free and costless abortion and contraception. Women’s Liberation Movement”. Paris, 1971. Photo: Gilles Peress.

Simone de Beauvoir during a women’s demonstration in Paris. The text in her arm says: “Free and costless abortion and contraception. Women’s Liberation Movement”. Paris, 1971. Photo: Gilles Peress.

Simone de Beauvoir, 1960’s. Photographer: Jerry Bauer. 

Simone de Beauvoir, 1960’s. Photographer: Jerry Bauer. 

Mémoires d’une jeune fille rangée, Simone de Beauvoir.  Photo: @howtoHappy World Book Day, everyone!

Mémoires d’une jeune fille rangée, Simone de Beauvoir.  Photo: @howto
Happy World Book Day, everyone!

Simone de Beauvoir at the Bobigny Abortion Trial [The case involved five women who had to abort after being raped by a boy in the school, and the mother of one of them, who helped them find a woman to practing abortion]. November 1, 1972. Bobigny, France. Photo: Michel Artault.
Read here about the importance of the Bobigny Abortion Trial. 

Simone de Beauvoir at the Bobigny Abortion Trial [The case involved five women who had to abort after being raped by a boy in the school, and the mother of one of them, who helped them find a woman to practing abortion]. November 1, 1972. Bobigny, France. Photo: Michel Artault.

Read here about the importance of the Bobigny Abortion Trial. 

Décès de Simone de Beauvoir - 14/04/1986.

Il y a déjà 27 ans qu’elle nous a quitté.

Simone de Beauvoir et Jean-Paul Sartre. Artiste: Unconnu. 

Simone de Beauvoir et Jean-Paul Sartre. Artiste: Unconnu. 

Simone de Beauvoir, Paris, May 30, 1975. Photo: Hulton Archive.

Simone de Beauvoir, Paris, May 30, 1975. Photo: Hulton Archive.

Les Fabuleuses Destinées: Simone de Beauvoir et Jean-Paul Sartre. Documéntaire RTL. Donnée unconnue. 

Simone de Beauvoir and Jean-Paul Sartre. Café de Flore, Paris, 1970. Photographer unknown.

Simone de Beauvoir and Jean-Paul Sartre. Café de Flore, Paris, 1970. Photographer unknown.