This thesis focused on the French female writer Benoîte Groult studies the influence of her life and her feministic attitudes on her literary work. The work is divided into two parts, a theoretical and a practical one. The first part describes individual stages in the evolution of the feminist movement in France. In addition it contains Groult´s biography, the beginnings of her writing career, and her involvement in feminist events in France in the latter half of the 20th century. The practical part consists of analyses of two of her novels. It primarily focuses on the characteristics of the main female characters of these books and their relationships to their environment. The aim of this research is to find out through these analyses whether and how Groult?s feminist attitudes are reflected in her work and to what extent they are inspired by her life.