Heroine of the Week #1

Simone de Beauvoir
(1908-1986)
French philosopher, feminist, writer, woman

For her mind.
For her courage to express her thoughts
to an audience that was both
scared of her ideas and
in desperate need of her wisdom.
For her ability to make her ideas
accessible.
For her strong partnership
to her equally brilliant love, Sartre.
For the ferocity with which she sought out information.
For her revolutionary ways.
For her heart that had one eye
on the greater good.
For her writing that enlightens us
and makes her immortal.
For all of this
She is our heroine of the week.

"To show your true ability is always, in a sense, to surpass the limits of your ability, to go a little beyond them: to dare, to seek, to invent; it is at such a moment that new talents are revealed, discovered, and realized."

"One is not born, but rather becomes, a woman."