Hélène de Beauvoir explained

Hélène de Beauvoir
Birth Name:Henriette-Hélène de Beauvoir
Birth Place:Paris, France
Birth Date:6 June 1910
Death Place:Goxwiller, France
Occupation:Painter
Relatives:Simone de Beauvoir (sister)
Spouse:Lionel de Roulet

Henriette-Hélène de Beauvoir (6 June 1910 – 1 July 2001) was a French painter. She was the younger sister of philosopher Simone de Beauvoir. Her art was exhibited in Europe, Japan, and the US.[1] She married Lionel de Roulet.[2]

When Hélène de Beauvoir lived in Goxwiller, a village near Strasbourg, she became president of the center for battered women. She continued painting until she was 85. Many of her paintings were related to feminist philosophy and women's issues.[3]

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  1. http://www.erdel-verlag.de/htmlhdb/hb_vita.htm VitaHdeBeauvoir
  2. Book: Bair, Deirdre. Simone de Beauvoir. 1991. 709. Summit Books. 0-671-60681-6.
  3. http://www.claudinemonteil.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2007/09/simonedebeauvoir_paper1.PDF Simone de Beauvoir and the women's movement in France: An eye-witness account