Fola La Follette


Flora Dodge Fola La Follette was a womens suffrage and labor activist from Madison, Wisconsin, USA. At the time of her death in 1970, the New York Times highlighted her quotation A good husband is not a substitute for the ballot. She was the daughter of progressive politician Robert Fighting Bob La Follette and lawyer and womens suffrage leader Belle Case La Follette, wife of playwright George Middleton, a contributing editor to La Follettes Weekly Magazine, an actress and, with her mother, a chronicler of her fathers life.

On September 10, 1882, Fola La Follette was born the first child to lawyer and womens suffrage leader Belle Case La Follette and progressive politician Robert La Follette in Madison, Wisconsin. Her early education was at Wisconsin Academy in Madison. She went on to graduate from the University of Wisconsin.

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