Mathilde Joséphina Schroyens (28 December 1912 – 27 February 1996) was a Belgian politician associated with the Belgian Socialist Party and subsequently the Parti Socialiste.
[1] The daughter of Fons Schroyens, she was born in Mortsel.
At the age of fifteen, she began studying to be a preschool teacher.
During World War II, she returned to further study at the École ouvrière supérieure in Brussels to become a social worker.
In 1949, she was elected to the Belgium Chamber of Representatives, becoming the first Dutch-speaking socialist woman in the chamber, representing Antwerp province until she failed in her bid for reelection in 1971.