Soon he was working with the Baháʼís and was present during the conflict over the status of Sarah Farmer, when she was involuntarily committed to a mental institution in 1910.

He led the efforts to free her from involuntary confinement in an insane asylum, ultimately gathering a chief of police and a judge to accompany a court order to effect her freedom.

Ledoux set up events aimed at raising awareness of the suffering of the unemployed in New York and Boston.

[1] Two years later he witnessed a case of priest abuse of an altar boy,[1] quit the priesthood and soon began work at a law firm back in Maine.

He also began to organize political clubs, became Republican ward leader, and launched the first French language publications and newspaper stories in Maine.

[1] In 1895, Ledoux sought an open consulate position with the US Government at the age of 21 and was assigned to Trois-Rivières[1][3] where he engaged in promoting business interests, French language and culture in an anglophone environment as well as seeking balance in that advocacy.

[14] At the time Sarah Farmer, founder of Green Acre, was ill and had been involuntarily committed to an insane asylum.

[15] Ledoux led the effort to free her[1] which, though it was confrontational, included the local chief of police and judge in the attempt with a court order.

[17] That year, Henry Ford financed the Peace Ship mission to attempt to end World War I, setting sail in December 1915.

Instead, he jumped off the pier and made a spectacle swimming after the ship – an act that got notice in the newspapers and entered him into public awareness.

[30] In June ʻAbdu'l-Bahá sent a message hoping he would promulgate the Baháʼí religion, human unity, universal peace, and overcome prejudices dividing the world.

[31] In August he was one of the signatories of a letter to ʻAbdu'l-Baha hoping for a return trip to the United States.

[36] A biographical sketch of him appeared in The Survey, a charity journal under Paul Underwood Kellogg,[10][37] and The New Republic,[38] in October and The Independent in November.

He set up hotels for them to stay in, tried to get them invited to President Harding's inaugural ball,[21] and eventually ran foul of the law while presenting their case (and them) to the socialites of New York.

In 1921, he repeated the action in Boston and had some success,[21][48][49] including getting 150 people jobs,[50] but after a major row he became less confrontational, instead relying on churches for contributions for relief to the poor.

In one stunt he would hold a lantern "looking for an honest man" or "a Christian delegate" who would address the wrongs in society; eventually he drew attention to Eugene V.