Her most successful years were considered to be from 1921 to 1924, when her slogan was "Ce qu'un homme fait, Violette peut le faire!"

[5] She competed in the Tour de France Automobile in 1923; Bol d'Or 1922, 1923, 1926-8; Paris~Pyrenees 1922, 1923; Paris~Nice 1923, 1927; GP San Sebastian 1926; Dolomites 1934.

[1][6] In 1928, the Fédération Féminine Sportive de France (FFSF) (French Women's Sports Federation) refused to renew her licence amid complaints about her lifestyle and she was barred from participating in the 1928 Summer Olympics.

[6] After 1928, her auto racing license was revoked on similar moral grounds and Morris started a car-parts store in Paris.

[1][12][3] In 1930, Morris unsuccessfully sued the FFSF, claiming damages, as she could no longer earn wages competing as an athlete.

Historian Marie-Jo Bonnet claimed that although Morris's homosexuality was not directly targeted in the trial, it was made an issue throughout.

A quote attributed to Morris after the trial was censored: We live in a country made rotten by money and scandals, ruled by speechifiers, schemers and cowards.

[17] On Christmas Eve 1937, while having dinner with friends and neighbors Robert and Simone de Trobriand at a restaurant in Neuilly, the trio encountered a drunk and aggressive young man named Joseph Le Cam.

They had argued the night before and Le Cam rushed back to the houseboat, brandishing a knife, and threatened both Morris and de Trobriand.

Morris was arrested and charged with homicide and incarcerated for four days at the La Petite Roquette prison in the 11th arrondissement of Paris.

In any case, they note that she had conducted these activities before the fall of France and no evidence exists to support Ruffin's claim that she was involved either in spying or torturing.

[5][6] On 26 April 1944, while driving in her Citroën Traction Avant on a country road from Lieurey to Épaignes in Normandy with the Bailleul family, who were favourably positioned with the Nazi regime in France, Morris's car sputtered and came to a halt.

Ruffin claimed that Morris was the target, but Bonnet states this is not clear, given the influence of the Bailleul family with the Nazis.

[2][4][12][3] Francine Prose based her character of collaborationist athlete Lou Villars on Morris in her novel Lovers at the Chameleon Club, Paris 1932 (2014).

[19] Morris is the title character in Gérard de Cortanze's Femme qui court, which won the 2019 Prix Historia [fr] for best historical novel.