[2] She was a regular contributor to the U.S. newspaper The Silent Worker, including a column titled "From the Old World" sharing information about deaf institutions in Europe.

[2] In 1928 Pitrois founded a second magazine, Le Rayon de Soleil des Sourds‐Aveugles, written in French Braille for the deafblind.

[3] Pitrois and Keller were acquainted through the Cosmopolitan Correspondence Club, a deaf letter writing exchange for people in the Western world.

[4] During World War I, Pitrois organized collections of financial support to help deaf people who were left without food or shelter by occupying German armies.

[1] She wrote about the suffering of the deaf community in France and Belgium during the war in The Silent Worker, requesting funds from American readers.

[2] Pitrois received a Medal of Honor from the Société nationale d'encouragement au bien in 1920 and was awarded the Prix Montyon in 1929 from the Académie Française for her work in improving the lives of deaf and deafblind people.

[2] After the end of the war and the death of her mother, Pitrois welcomed orphaned or troubled deaf girls and young women to live with her in her rural cottage in Brittany.