Society of Modern Women Artists

Members of the Society dealt with issues of gender, sexuality, motherhood, race, ethnicity and nationalism, presenting a variety of viewpoints through their work.

She often gave prominent positions in the Society's shows to interwar imagery promoting motherhood and large families.

)[1][4]In part because of its accommodation of traditional values, the Society received support from politicians and men of letters including Georges Huisman,[12] Adrien Berthod [fr], Anatole de Monzie, Gustave Kahn, and Paul Valéry.

Louis Vauxcelles wrote of it in Le Monde illustré, commending Camax-Zoegger for her tireless work in gathering together an extensive group of women artists of the highest quality.

[14] Albert Lebrun, President of the Republic, and Jean Zay, Minister of National Education and Fine Arts, visited the salon on March 19, 1938.

[14][15] In spite of its successful organization of major women-only exhibitions in the 1930s, the Society of Modern Women Artists ceased activities in the period leading up to World War II.