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The Meaning of Life According to Simone de Beauvoir Instructional VideoThe Meaning of Life According to Simone de Beauvoir Instructional Video
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The Meaning of Life According to Simone de Beauvoir

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Meet Simone de Beauvoir, teacher, writer, feminist. Perhaps best known as an existential philosopher, her views on what it means to be a woman upended the post World War II intellectual theatre.

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women's history, women's history month, famous women, philosophers, existentialism, post world war ii, activism, social activism, gender, gender bias, gender equality, gender roles, feminism

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social studies

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  • Most appropriate for a high school or college-level philosophy course
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