Fola La Follette
Flora Dodge La Follette (September 10, 1882 – February 17, 1970), known as Fola La Follette, was an American actress and teacher turned women's suffrage and labor activist and editor/author from Madison, Wisconsin. At the time of her death in 1970, 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, 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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Portrait of Fola La Follette, 1918-20 | |
| Born | Flora Dodge La Follette September 10, 1882 Madison, Wisconsin, U.S. |
| Died | February 17, 1970 (aged 87) Arlington, Virginia, U.S. |
| Resting place | Forest Home Cemetery |
| Alma mater | University of Wisconsin-Madison |
| Occupation(s) | Suffrage and labor activist actress author |
| Spouse(s) | George Middleton, 1911 |
| Parent(s) | Robert M. La Follette, Sr. and Belle Case La Follette |
| Relatives | Robert M. La Follette, Jr. Philip La Follette |
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