The first female student admitted to Beaux-Arts de Paris was artist Fanny Rozet, who was able to attend the school in 1896 after the UFPS demanded her allowance.
[2] Additionally, women were prohibited from joining many other existing exhibition groups, schools, and public art spaces.
The Salon was intended to be a non-traditional and non-hierarchical exhibition, including decorative arts and giving new and established artists equal access to preferred hanging spaces.
The first Salon des Femmes occurred in January 1882, and the Union continued to organize and publicize the event each year.
In addition to these efforts, members of the Union, especially Bertaux, campaigned for women’s entry into the Ecole des Beaux-Arts and for their eligibility to compete for the Prix de Rome art prize.