Der kleine Unterschied und seine großen Folgen by Alice Schwarzer

One of her goals was the realization of economic self-sufficiency for women.

She is a second-wave feminist representing concepts of feminist equality, similar to Simone de Beauvoir. Since its release, Schwarzer has become Germany's most high-profile, but also most controversial contemporary feminist. One of her best known books is Der kleine Unterschied und seine großen Folgen (The little difference and its huge consequences), which was released in 1975 and made her famous beyond the borders of Germany. She contributed substantially to the abortion debate in Germany, which resulted in legalization in 1974. In autumn 1971 she released her first book of the same title.

In 1971 she raised public attention for the first time with her project 'Frauen gegen den § 218' (Women against Paragraph 218, which was the German statute that made abortion illegal). She was one of the founders of the Feminist Movement in Paris (Mouvement de Liberation des femmes, MLF) and also spread their ideas to Germany. At the same time she studied psychology and sociology, amongst others lectured by Michel Foucault. In 1969 she started working as a journalist.įrom 1970 to 1974 she worked as a freelancer for different media in Paris.

She is founder and publisher of the German feminist journal EMMA.Īs the daughter of a single mother she spent her childhood with her grandparents. Most prominent contemporary German feminist. Photo: Michael Lucan, license cc-by-3.0 Biography

Der kleine Unterschied und seine großen Folgen by Alice Schwarzer