When Mahé's style of pedagogy was investigated by a school inspector in 1903, she was found to be teaching in a way that was "hostile to society and its institutions".
The child had been fathered by her Albert Libertad,[2] who was also the partner of Mahé's sister Armandine, and the three of them lived together in a polyamorous relationship.
[1] They moved to Montmartre, in Paris, but Mahé was unable to find work there as a teacher, so she quit this career path.
On 26 April 1904, she gave birth to her son, registered as "Émile Marcel" under anonymous parentage; the family would call him "Minus", as they did not want to impose a first name on him.
In 1910, Mahé participated in the reorganisation of Le Libertaire, which changed its editorial line towards anarchist communism and syndicalism.
While living on parole for the theft of a typewriter, the couple worked together, with de Blasiis making shoes and Mahé delivering them.