Flora Dodge "Fola" La Follette (September , â€" February , ) was a
women's suffrage and labor activist from Madison, Wisconsin, United
States. At the time of her death in , The New York Times quoted her on
women's suffrage: "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.On September , , Fola La Follette
was born the first child to lawyer and women's 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.After graduating, La Follette acted on the stage for ten
years, marrying playwright George Middleton in while retaining her
maiden name. She appeared on Broadway in such plays as Leo
Ditrichstein's Bluffs (), Percy MacKaye's The Scarecrow () and the
Broadway production of her husband's Tradition.
women's suffrage and labor activist from Madison, Wisconsin, United
States. At the time of her death in , The New York Times quoted her on
women's suffrage: "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.On September , , Fola La Follette
was born the first child to lawyer and women's 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.After graduating, La Follette acted on the stage for ten
years, marrying playwright George Middleton in while retaining her
maiden name. She appeared on Broadway in such plays as Leo
Ditrichstein's Bluffs (), Percy MacKaye's The Scarecrow () and the
Broadway production of her husband's Tradition.
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