 She contributed to "Libertaire" and "Temps Nouveaux" during the pre-war years, writing against the extremes of the neo-Malthusian doctrine which led to either reduction or elimination of births.On 1 May 1906, thanks in part to her mother's savings, and helped by her sister and her companion Louis Tribier, Madeleine Vernet was able to found the orphanage "l'Avenir social" in a small house in Neuilly-Plaisance, Seine-et-Oise.In August 1906 she rented a second house, since the orphanage now had twenty-four residents.