In 1914 there was intense correspondence between Alves and the National Council of French Women (CNFF) and the International Council of Women (ICW) general secretaries, Avril de Sainte-Croix and Alice Salomon, as well as with other feminists such as Lady Aberdeen and Carrie Chapman Catt.

Alves was the first managing editor of the Council's monthly Official Bulletin, from 1914 to 1916, and of the newsletter or magazine Alma feminina (Feminine soul) which superseded it in 1917, which she edited until 1920.

[1][2][3] In 1917, she stated that the main objective of the bulletin was so that "the Portuguese woman can get out of apathetic indifference that she has remained in for centuries, which has contributed so much to stifle her most just aspirations and to delay her emancipation".

In 1921, the Council's activists considered it "the only spokesperson for Portuguese women because it is the only magazine that defends the feminist cause".

However, publication of Alma feminina caused financial problems for the Council and both Alves and the President of the Board, Adelaide Cabete, offered to cover the shortfall in 1919, so that the newsletter could continue to be published.