▁from ▁collabor ating ▁with ▁" bour ge ois " ▁femin ists . ▁Big ot , ▁Made le ine ▁Pel let ier ▁and ▁H él ène ▁Br ion ▁resist ed ▁this ▁decision . ▁ ▁While ▁belonging ▁to ▁the ▁extreme ▁left , ▁they ▁tried ▁to ▁maintain ▁radical ▁femin ism . ▁They ▁took ▁a ▁pac if ist ▁position ▁in ▁World ▁War ▁I ▁( 1 9 1 4 – 1 8 ). ▁As ▁an ▁inst itut rice ▁Big ot ▁and ▁other ▁femin ist ▁teachers ▁including ▁Mart he ▁P ich or el ▁and ▁Marie ▁Gu ill ot ▁were ▁investig ated ▁and ▁strongly ▁repr im and ed ▁for ▁their ▁pac if ist ▁att itudes . ▁ ▁Big ot ▁was ▁not ▁dismiss ed , ▁as ▁were ▁H él ène ▁Br ion ▁and ▁Luc ie ▁Col li ard . ▁The ▁Comité ▁d ' Action ▁Su ff rag iste ▁( C AS ) ▁was ▁created ▁in ▁December ▁ 1 9 1 7 , ▁directed ▁by ▁Jean ne ▁Mé lin , ▁Mart he ▁Big ot ▁and ▁Gab ri elle ▁Duch ê ne . ▁ ▁The ▁C AS ▁organized ▁meet ings ▁to ▁which ▁they ▁tried ▁to ▁attract ▁workers , ▁for ▁example ▁by ▁showing ▁films . ▁ ▁As ▁well ▁as ▁ag it ating ▁for ▁women ' s ▁suff rage , ▁the ▁C AS ▁wanted ▁to ▁organ ize ▁a ▁refer endum ▁to ▁end ▁the ▁fighting . ▁ ▁After ▁ 1 9 1 7 ▁the ▁pac if ist ▁position ▁was ▁expressed ▁in ▁La ▁Vo ice ▁des ▁femmes ▁( the ▁Vo ice ▁of ▁Women ). ▁La ▁Vo ix