Bouglé discovered feminist movements and joined the French Union for Women's Suffrage (UFSF).
Of her motive, Bouglé said:—[4] "The thought that all our efforts and ideas might be lost to the future worried me.
The usefulness of my research, the growing interest in it, the success of my searches (for more books and papers), all con- tributed.
"Bouglé rejected in principle the idea that her collection might be absorbed by that of Marguerite Durand because of ideological differences between the two women.
[5] After her premature death in 1936, the l'association des amis de la bibliothèque de Marie-Louise Bouglé (Association of friends of the library of Marie-Louise Bouglé) was formed, chaired by her husband, André Mariani and run by Henriette Sauret.
[6] Bouglé's relatives tried to find a place to deposit the collection, but no library wanted it on the pretext that it was devoid of historical interest.
[3] In the present day, Bouglé's 6,686 works can be consulted at the library, and the archives of feminist personalities collected by Bouglé are gradually being described on the portal of the Bibliothèque historique de la ville de Paris.
[2] Two major themes characterize the Archives Marie-Louise Bouglé, suffragism and pacifism.
The collection is also notable for the large number of images (photographs, posters, postcards) inserted in the files.
[3] These fonds and the Bibliothèque Marguerite Durand preserve essential archives of the history of the first wave of feminism in France.