Fola La Follette

Deceased Person

1882 – 1970

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Who was Fola La Follette?

Flora Dodge "Fola" La Follette 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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Born
Sep 10, 1882
Madison
Also known as
  • Flora Dodge 'Fola' La Follette
Parents
Spouses
Education
  • University of Wisconsin-Madison
Lived in
  • New York City
Died
Feb 17, 1970
Arlington County
Resting place
Forest Home Cemetery

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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