Conseil national des femmes belges

As its president, Léonie La Fontaine failed to return from Switzerland where she had spent the war, she was replaced in 1920 by Marguerite Van de Wiele, a firm feminist but with a rather traditional approach centred on emancipation rather than voting rights.

While Catholics such as Marie Haps, Marie-Elisabeth Belpaire and Juliette Carton de Wiart headed committees, in 1921 the aristocratic Marthe Boël was elected vice-president.

These included Georgette Ciselet, Fernande Baetens, Paule Lamy and Marcelle Renson who, thanks to their legal competence and knowledge of foreign languages, significantly improved the CNFB's international image which had somewhat suffered under Élise Soyer's lack of fluency in English.

In 1966, Maya Janssen became president, encouraging many young women to join the movement, promoting their professional opportunities, even in areas traditionally reserved for men such as judges, police commissioners, university professors, architects and naval officers.

In 1990, the name of the French-language branch was changed to Conseil des Femmes Francophones de Belgique (Council of French-speaking Women of Belgium).