[2] She first ran a boarding house near Lake Genval together with one of her sisters, before turning to journal editing in 1889 with La petite revue belge for young readers.
The following year, she embarked on her temperance campaign, publishing a brochure titled Le rôle de la femme dans la lutte contre l'alcoolisme (The Woman's Role in the Fight against Alcoholism), advising working-class women of their rights when faced with violence from their husbands.
[2] Believing it would be easier to work towards moderate consumption rather than abstinence, in 1905 she founded the Alliance des femmes contre les abus de l'alcool.
Following the retirement of Marie Popelin in 1912, she also headed the Ligue belge du droir des femmes.
[2] Together with other women's organizations, in 1914 she participated in the Union patriotique des femmes belges, calling for universal suffrage.