Claudine Monteil Biography

Claudine Monteil is a French writer and historian specializing in women's rights. Her work delves into the life and writings of Simone de Beauvoir, an area of study that earned her a doctorate. As a founder of the women's rights movement in the 1970s, Monteil was a close confidante of Beauvoir and Jean-Paul Sartre. Her influential writings on French feminism and these key intellectuals have been translated widely.