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
- George Middleton
(1911/10/29 - 1967/12/23)
- George Middleton
- Education
- University of Wisconsin-Madison
- Lived in
- New York City
- Died
- Feb 17, 1970
Arlington County - Resting place
- Forest Home Cemetery
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on July 23, 2013
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