"What has shaped me?" And, "What have I made of it?" When Alice Schwarzer's autobiography "Lebenslauf" was published last autumn, the media was full of praise for the contemporary and literary quality of this volume of memoirs. About the politicized grandmother and the caring grandfather, about her difficult relationship with her mother. About her childhood in the village and her youth in Wuppertal. About best friends and the first kiss. About Swinging Schwabing in the 60s and her time as a reporter at pardon. About her life as a correspondent and the euphoric start of the Parisian women's movement. About her early feminist actions against the 218 and the scandal of the "Small Difference" - up to the founding of EMMA.Alice S.