[7] In 1879 she was one of the founders of the French Association pour l'abolition de la prostitution réglementée, authorized by a police ordinance of 16 June 1879.
[8] She attended the second congress of the abolition federation in Geneva between 27 September and 4 October 1990, as did Yves Guyot and Auguste de Morsier, where it became clear that the priority had shifted to the liberal agenda of removing the state's powers of registration and detention, and guaranteeing the rights of individual liberty and common law.
On 11 June 1884 she was present at a demonstration of psychic power by Madame Blavatsky, who read the contents of a sealed letter that she held up to her forehead.
[9] In 1889 the French government sponsored a "woman's congress" presided over by Jules Simon, which celebrated the role of women in society, and their charitable activities in particular.
Feminists led by Léon Richer (1824–1911) and Maria Deraismes organized an alternative Congrès Francais et International du Droit des Femmes, held in Paris 25–29 June 1889.