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“Simone de Beauvoir alone would never have gotten me from intellect to action”

Note from OBOS co-founder Judy Norsigian: After publication of my reflections piece in the June 2019 issue of the American Journal of Public Health (AJPH), I received this wonderful email from Kay Johnson. Her story reminds us all once again of how ONE life experience (reading a book/having a terrific teacher or mentor/participating in an eye-opening social justice action/etc.) can change the course of our lives and bring us into partnership with others also committed to racial, economic and social justice for all.

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Simone de Beauvoir

"That's what I consider true generosity. You give your all, and yet you always feel as if it costs you nothing."




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Becoming Beauvoir: a life / Kate Kirkpatrick

Dewey Library - B2430.B344 K57 2019




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Parisian lives: Samuel Beckett, Simone de Beauvoir, and me: a memoir / Deirdre Bair

Dewey Library - PS3602.A5635 Z46 2019