Abstract
Maria Legrain was the most active temperance woman in France at the turn of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Married to Paul-Maurice Legrain, well-known alienist and founder of the popular temperance association the French Anti-alcohol Union, Maria Legrain was closely linked to her husband’s work and personality. The couple organized public conferences, opened temperance restaurants in Paris, and participated in many national and international congresses. In 1899, after the Seventh International Congress against the abuse of alcoholic liquors, Maria Legrain founded the French Female Temperance Union, the first female temperance association in France. She then proceeded, in 1902, to create an asylum for inebriates of the upper classes, and 10 years later received a prize in medicine for her treatment work.
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