▁» ▁(" The ▁em an cip ation ▁of ▁women ▁is ▁in ▁em an cip ated ▁labor "). ▁ ▁View s ▁ ▁V alette ▁maintained ▁that ▁the ▁social ist ▁program ▁met ▁all ▁the ▁femin ist ▁dem ands . ▁From ▁late ▁ 1 8 9 7 ▁her ▁survey ▁of ▁women ▁industrial ▁workers ▁began ▁to ▁appear ▁in ▁La ▁F ron de . ▁In ▁it ▁she ▁showed ▁how ▁large ▁this ▁labor ▁force ▁had ▁become , ▁and ▁how ▁many ▁hand ic aps ▁there ▁were . ▁Women ▁were ▁not ▁union ized , ▁were ▁not ▁represented ▁on ▁the ▁conse ils ▁de ▁pr ud ' h ommes ▁that ▁resolved ▁labor ▁disput es , ▁did ▁not ▁have ▁the ▁vote ▁and ▁often ▁received ▁star v ation ▁w ages . ▁She ▁said ▁" W oman ' s ▁dign ity ▁and ▁independence , ▁like ▁that ▁of ▁man , ▁has ▁no ▁sur er ▁guarantee ▁than ▁work ." ▁ ▁However , ▁V alette ▁believed ▁strongly ▁in ▁the ▁importance ▁of ▁mother hood , ▁and ▁was ▁imp at ient ▁of ▁women ▁who ▁chose ▁not ▁to ▁bear ▁children . ▁V alette ▁agreed ▁with ▁Karl ▁Marx ▁that ▁women ▁were ▁econom ically ▁opp ress ed , ▁but ▁argued ▁that ▁the ▁community ▁should ▁support ▁mother ing ▁as ▁the ▁most ▁important , ▁and ▁therefore ▁highest ▁status , ▁of ▁all ▁occup ations . ▁In ▁the ▁first ▁issue ▁of ▁L ' H arm onie ▁sociale ▁V alette ' s ▁lead ▁article ▁said ▁that ▁by ▁taking ▁the ▁" art ific ial ▁role ▁of ▁producer " ▁women ▁had ▁neglect ed ▁their ▁" natural ▁role ▁of ▁reprodu cer ."