7 7 ▁con gress ▁in ▁Gene va ▁of ▁the ▁International ▁Federation ▁for ▁the ▁Ab ol ition ▁of ▁Reg ulated ▁Pro st itution ▁Caroline ▁de ▁Bar ra u ▁reported ▁that ▁women ▁workers ▁in ▁Paris , ▁mostly ▁employed ▁season ally , ▁earned ▁about ▁two ▁fran cs ▁per ▁day ▁on ▁average . ▁This ▁was ▁a ▁star v ation ▁w age . ▁In ▁an ▁ordin ance ▁of ▁ 1 6 ▁June ▁ 1 8 7 9 ▁the ▁police ▁author ized ▁establishment ▁of ▁a ▁French ▁section ▁of ▁the ▁Federation ▁for ▁the ▁Ab ol ition ▁of ▁Pro st itution , ▁called ▁the ▁Association ▁pour ▁l ' abol ition ▁de ▁la ▁prost itution ▁rég lement ée , ▁with ▁Victor ▁Sch œ l cher ▁( 1 8 0 4 – 1 8 9 3 ) ▁as ▁president . ▁The ▁association ▁included ▁femin ists , ▁radical s ▁and ▁abol ition ists . ▁The ▁most ▁active ▁organiz ers ▁of ▁the ▁French ▁Association ▁for ▁the ▁Ab ol ition ▁of ▁Official ▁Pro st itution ▁were ▁the ▁femin ist ▁leaders ▁Maria ▁D era ism es , ▁Emil ie ▁de ▁M ors ier ▁and ▁Caroline ▁de ▁Bar ra u . ▁For ▁some ▁years ▁Caroline ▁de ▁Bar ra u ▁led ▁the ▁institution ▁of ▁the ▁Lib ér ées ▁de ▁Saint - L az are , ▁which ▁helped ▁former ▁prisoners ▁of ▁Saint - L az are , ▁mostly ▁prost it utes , ▁to ▁return ▁to ▁society . ▁ ▁Caroline ▁de ▁Bar ra u ▁died ▁in ▁Paris ▁in ▁ 1 8 8 8 . ▁ ▁Works ▁ ▁References ▁ ▁S ources