Louise van den Plas

Louise van den Plas (24 January 1877 – 4 December 1968) was a Belgian suffragist and the founder of the first Christian feminist movement in Belgium.

Further, Van den Plas called for the equality of teachers' pay and supported the struggles of feminine unionism along with Victoire Cappe [nl].

Van den Plas won the sympathy of some of the Catholic newspapers and the Belgian Democratic League for the suffrage of women.

[citation needed] During the World War I, the publication of Christian Feminism's magazine was suspended and Van den Plas founded "Union patriotique des femmes belges" (Patriotic Union of Belgian Women) with Jane Brigode and Marguerite Nyssens,[3] which provided for material aid to women.

At the end of the war, the magazine reappeared and Van den Plas was offered a free platform in the daily Le Soir from 1921 to 1940.