▁daughter ▁was ▁taught , ▁and ▁encourag ed ▁her ▁daughter ▁and ▁other ▁young ▁women ▁to ▁successfully ▁apply ▁for ▁ad mission ▁to ▁the ▁University ▁of ▁Paris , ▁previously ▁a ▁male - only ▁institution . ▁She ▁belonged ▁to ▁international ▁femin ist ▁associations , ▁investig ated ▁the ▁conditions ▁of ▁working ▁women ▁in ▁Paris , ▁was ▁a ▁leader ▁in ▁the ▁campaign ▁to ▁eliminate ▁state - reg ulated ▁prost itution , ▁helped ▁prost it utes ▁re enter ▁society ▁after ▁being ▁released ▁from ▁prison ▁and ▁provided ▁aid ▁to ▁abandoned ▁inf ants . ▁She ▁was ▁the ▁author ▁of ▁several ▁books ▁on ▁women ' s ▁issues . ▁ ▁Life ▁ ▁Caroline - Fran ço ise ▁C oul omb ▁was ▁born ▁in ▁Paris ▁in ▁ 1 8 2 8 . ▁Her ▁family ▁was ▁of ▁wealth y ▁Protest ant ▁land own ers . ▁She ▁was ▁well - ed uc ated ▁in ▁the ▁Greek ▁and ▁Latin ▁class ics , ▁modern ▁languages ▁and ▁music . ▁In ▁ 1 8 4 8 ▁she ▁married ▁M . ▁de ▁Bar ra u ▁de ▁Mur atel , ▁an ▁emb ass y ▁attach é , ▁and ▁during ▁her ▁marriage ▁lived ▁in ▁the ▁Mont agnet ▁ch ate au ▁at ▁Mont agne - No ire ▁du ▁T arn , ▁above ▁Sor è ze . ▁Caroline ▁de ▁Bar ra u ▁was ▁simultaneously ▁pro - rep ublic an ▁and ▁el it ist . ▁Although ▁both ▁cosm opol itan ▁and ▁an ▁early ▁femin ist , ▁she ▁was ▁a ▁patri ot ▁during ▁the ▁Franco - Pr uss ian ▁War ▁( 1 8 7 0 – 7 1