Simone de Beauvoir (1908 - 1986) was a French writer, a political activist and a feminist, deeply connected to the existentialist movement. She's known for The Second Sex, a detailed analysis of women's oppression that laid the foundation for the contemporary feminist movement.
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Rosa Parks (1913 – 2005) became the icon of the fight against racial segregation when she refused to give up her seat to a...
Josephine Baker (1906-1975) was a dancer and singer who became wildly popular thanks to her courage to challenge society at the time. Not only...