she took a wide interest in the women's movement, becoming one of the three vice-presidents of the "comité exécutif des femmes françaises" founded in april 1901. when the national council of french women ("conseil national des femmes françaises") was re-organized in 1901, she first headed the section on education and then the section on health. from 1914 to 1919, she served on the board of the international council of women. she was also honorary president of the "union des françaises contre l'alcool" (union of french women against alcohol) and was a member of the french union for women's suffrage "(union française pour le suffrage des femmes)". alphen-salvador was one of the delegates at the inter-allied women's conference held in paris from 10 february 1919 to develop women's topics for the paris peace conference.