"I, Alice Salomon, was born in Berlin on April 19, 1872, the daughter of Albert Salomon, a businessman, and his wife Anna, née Potocky-Nelken. I was raised in the Jewish faith. For ten years, from Easter 1878 to Easter 1887, I attended the girls´school Zimmermannsche Töchterschule and later I continued my education through private tutoring. I dealt with economic and in particular socio-political questions in theory and in practice.
Owing to my scientific work I received permission in 1902 to attend university lectures. Since then I have attended lectures on political science, history and philosophy with the following professors and lecturers: Hintze, Jastrow, Lenz, Paulsen, Schmoller, Sering, Simmel, Wagner, Alfred Weber, Menzer, and Eberstadt. I took part in the practical seminars of Professors Jastrow, Lenz, Schmoller, Sering, Weber and Dr. Menzer.
For several years I have been teaching at the Victoria-Lyceum giving courses in social work and also at the commercial college of the Letteverein. Since 1899 I have been in charge of the "girls’ and women’s groups for social work", which support the education and training of women for welfare work.
On March 5, 1906, I passed my doctoral examination.
I want to express my sincere thanks to my honoured teachers for their stimulating support during my course of study. My particular thanks go to Professor Sering and Professor Weber for giving my work their friendly attention."
(A. Salomon, Lebenslauf, in: Die Ursachen der ungleichen Entlohnung von Männer- und Frauenarbeit, Diss. Phil. Fak., Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Berlin, 14. Juli 1906, S. 33)
