▁working - class ▁district ▁of ▁Mont mart re , ▁Paris . ▁From ▁ 1 8 7 3 ▁to ▁ 1 8 7 8 ▁she ▁taught ▁at ▁a ▁municipal ▁voc ational ▁school ▁for ▁young ▁girls ▁at ▁ 2 6 ▁rue ▁G anner on , ▁ ▁and ▁she ▁then ▁taught ▁young ▁girls ▁at ▁ 1 2 ▁rue ▁Saint - L az are ▁until ▁ 1 8 8 0 . ▁In ▁ 1 8 7 8 ▁at ▁the ▁found ing ▁con gress ▁of ▁the ▁teacher ' s ▁union ▁led ▁by ▁Marie ▁B onne v ial ▁she ▁was ▁elected ▁secretary . ▁She ▁held ▁this ▁position ▁until ▁ 1 8 8 0 . ▁ ▁In ▁ 1 8 8 0 ▁Al ine ▁married ▁M . ▁V alette , ▁a ▁prosper ous ▁lawyer , ▁and ▁left ▁work . ▁She ▁separated ▁from ▁her ▁husband ▁around ▁ 1 8 8 5 . ▁While ▁a ▁single ▁mother ▁raising ▁two ▁sons , ▁she ▁wrote ▁a ▁hand book ▁for ▁hom em akers ▁that ▁convey ed ▁very ▁traditional ▁values ▁about ▁a ▁woman ' s ▁work ▁at ▁home . ▁ ▁For ▁many ▁years ▁La ▁journ ée ▁de ▁la ▁petite ▁m én ag ère ▁was ▁used ▁by ▁schools ▁in ▁Paris . ▁The ▁guide ▁ran ▁through ▁many ▁ed itions ▁in ▁the ▁years ▁that ▁followed . ▁V alette ▁belonged ▁to ▁the ▁Char ity ▁of ▁Women ▁D isch arg ed ▁from ▁Saint - L az are ▁Pr ison , ▁which ▁attempted ▁to ▁reform ▁prost it utes , ▁and ▁wrote ▁a ▁pam ph let ▁for ▁the ▁char ity . ▁ ▁Social