She founded the French Red Cross Society of Victoria, which raised funds for the hospitals and other charities in Europe during World War I.

When Crivelli was in her late teens and early twenties, she studied arts and crafts with Berthe Mouchette, who was the founder of the Melbourne Alliance Française.

[1] In 1915 Crivelli founded the French Red Cross Society of Victoria, which organised fundraising events and collection drives for the war.

The society raised money for the Hôpital Australien de Paris which was established and run by her sister Suzanne Caubet, and Melbourne doctor Helen Sexton.

The award is to honour worthy and large families It is given by the French Government to encourage mothers to bring up their children to be good citizens, and given only to those who have carried out this task dutifully.