Simone Weil
Simone Weil was known as a rebel and, but a woman deeply concerned about the well-being of others. Frequently compared to Mother Theresa; often Christlike in what she did. Her parents were affluent and raised Simone in an attentive and supportive environment. According to some of her close friends, Simone knew early on that she would pursue a vocation helping to improve the social conditions of the disadvantaged. As Simone grew older, she became a teacher and participated in political action out of sympathy for the working class. She joined local political activities, supporting the unemployed and striking with workers despite receiving criticism from her close friends. In her twenties, she became increasingly critical of Marxism, identifying it as a new form of oppression, where élite bureaucrats would make life just as miserable for ordinary people as did the most exploitative capitalists. In 1933, she protested the unemployment and wage cuts during the French...