[6] This parent organization, the Cercle de La Française, was described as a "home of practical and moral action for all feminine interests.

"[7] In 1908 Misme wrote that La Francaise was strongly against "violent public demonstrations" which were "essentially incompatible with French style [goût]".

[10] The initial committee was headed by Isabelle Bogelot and included Sarah Monod, Avril de Sainte-Croix, Julie Siegfried and Marie Bonnevial.

"[15] After the outbreak of war Misme wrote in La Française, "As long as the adversity of our country endures, nobody is entitled to speak of their rights; we only have responsibilities to it.

"[17] In a 1914 article Misme criticized Red Cross nurses who did not show the selfless devotion to duty the Republic required, but might be attracted by the glamor of the uniform or the potential the job offered to find a husband.

[1] The loss of French men during the war, or their absence in the trenches, created a drop in the birth rate and a shortage of husbands.

La Française said unwed motherhood was "degrading for women, humiliating for men ... noxious for the child ... dangerous for the public order and intimate happiness.

[20] Misme was personally opposed to abortion, but urged her readers to use her correspondence page to debate the issues, and published a wide range of views from both men and women.

Misme called for reforms in education, labor problems, marriage, charity, hygiene, social morality and politics that would demonstrate that sexual equality is triumphantly possible.

Writing in L'Oeuvre in a 1919 editorial Misme dismissed the many "lamentations" she had heard about newly independent women who chose not to marry in the postwar period.

The time is past when you married the first well-groomed dog that came along just to be called Madame, wear diamonds, go out alone, and in particular guarantee your daily bread.

[24] Writing in La Francaise in 1922 Misme praised the new, shorter swimsuits for allowing young women more freedom of movement in the water.

"[25] In an article titled Les Provocatrices (Oeuvre, 8 November 1923) Misme claimed that the courtship relationship had changed.

"[27] In Maternité: Le plus beau sport (Oeuvre, 29 November 1923) Misme objected to the spread of the ideas of Sigmund Freud in France, saying his theories were very controversial, and were largely in vogue due to fashion.

Odette Simon of the UFSF noted that "the essential goal of this law is to increase as much as possible the number of French men and women.

[9] Misme often published short biographies of suffragists in La Francaise and Minerva, creating a useful resource for historians of the women's movement in France.

An article published on 30 November 1930 described the achievements of Avril de Sainte-Croix, who was 75 years old, but despite illness and fragility was "a permanent miracle of vitality and energy."