She founded the Nederlandsche Vrouwenbond ter Verhooging van het Zedelijk Bewustzijn [nl] (Dutch Women's Union to Increase Moral Consciousness).

[2] Hogendorp was the founder of the Nederlandsche Vrouwenbond ter Verhooging van het Zedelijk Bewustzijn (NPV), an influential women's organisation which worked for against prostitution, which she managed alongside her sister Anna van Hogendorp [nl] in 1883–1909.

She also worked on issues surrounding prostitution with the English feminist Josephine Butler.

[2] Hogendorp was a member of the Vereeniging voor Vrouwenkiesrecht from 1894 to 1909,[3] and the representative of the Netherlands in the international women's movement in 1900.

[citation needed] She was president of the Vrienden der Armen Association from 1874 to 1900.