[1] On top of her political and Masonic commitments, Éliane Brault showed an interest in the cause of childhood and adolescence throughout her life; she was Deputy Director of the School of Rehabilitation in Clermont, Oise, in 1936, inspector of a number of institutions in 1937, Secretary General of the Higher Council for Children and, a member of the Higher Council of Assistance publique (public assistance).

She was committed to her work with the party, which she did largely with Marcelle Kraemer-Bach, a lawyer and member of the French Union for Women's Suffrage.

She was a member of the journalists' union and, through her articles and speeches, expressed her expectation of a society where the principles of freedom as well as equality of rights and labour are applied indistinctly.

[5] In 1934, amidst political crisis and the rise of the extreme right, Éliane Brault started l'Action démocratique des femmes (the Democratic Action of Women) and regularly marched in demonstrations in support of the Republic.

[4] After France's defeat in 1940 and the establishment of the Vichy regime, which excluded Jews and Freemasons from public office, Éliane Brault was the subject of denunciation in the extreme right-wing newspaper, Je suis partout.

In April 1944, she returned to Algiers[7] and followed the French corps in the Italian Campaign where, from General Jean de Lattre de Tassigny, she received authorisation to create a unit of "liaison-relief" intended to give first aid and bring essential aid to liberated populations and combat zones.

[8][9] After taking part in the Provence landings and the Battle of Alsace with her unit, she was summoned to assist in the perilous evacuation of Thann.

She received a certificate of higher administrative studies at École nationale d'administration, allowing her to work under the direction of the ministry until her retirement.

She left the Radical Party and joined the French Section of the Workers' International (SFIO), where she committed herself to social work.

In the forefront of the socialist movement, she gradually moved away from the party; as she approached her retirement, she put an end to her political activities.

However, she did continue her republican commitments, joining le Société des amis de l'école laïque (the Society of Friends of the Secular School), and she devoted time to Association France-Israël.

[12] Éliane Brault began her long Masonic career in the Masonry of Adoption at the Grande Loge de France.

[1][13] Feeling her role in DH was too heavily constraining and looking for a less symbolist approach which, according to her, tends to move away from societal reflection,[12] she founded the Universal Mixed Grand Lodge (GLMU) in 1973, of which she became the first president, splitting from the other Freemasons.