Fola La Follette

Flora Dodge "Fola" La Follette (September 10, 1882 – February 17, 1970) was a women's 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 women's suffrage leader Belle Case La Follette, wife of playwright George Middleton, a contributing editor to La Follette’s Weekly Magazine, an actress and, with her mother, a chronicler of her father's life.

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Fola La Follette
Alias (AKA)La Follette Flora Dodge (birth name)
Birth dateSeptember 10, 1882
Birth nameFlora Dodge La Follette
Birth place
Madison Wisconsin , United States
Date of deathFebruary 17, 1970
Place of death
Arlington County Virginia , United States
Resting place
Forest Home Cemetery
Education
University of Wisconsin–Madison
Parents
Robert M. La Follette Sr.
Belle Case La Follette
Spouse
George Middleton (playwright)

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