Becoming BeauvoirPROSE Award for Excellence in Biography and Autobiography Finalist 2020 One is not born a woman, but becomes one, Simone de Beauvoir A symbol of liberated womanhood, Simone de Beauvoirs unconventional relationships inspired and scandalised her generation. A philosopher, writer, and feminist icon, she won prestigious literary prizes and transformed the way we think about gender with The Second Sex. But despite her successes, she wondered if she had