Belle Case La Follette

Belle Case La Follette
La Follette in 1905
Born
Isabelle Case

(1859-04-21)April 21, 1859
Summit, Wisconsin, U.S.
DiedAugust 18, 1931(1931-08-18) (aged 72)
Washington D.C., U.S.
Resting placeForest Hill Cemetery
Madison, Wisconsin
EducationUniversity of Wisconsin-Madison
University of Wisconsin Law School
Occupation(s)Lawyer and women's suffrage activist
Spouse
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(m. 1881⁠–⁠1925)​
ChildrenFola La Follette
Robert M. La Follette Jr.
Philip La Follette
Mary La Follette

Isabelle Case La Follette (April 21, 1859 – August 18, 1931) was a women's suffrage, peace, and civil rights activist in Wisconsin, United States. She worked with the Woman's Peace Party during World War I. At the time of her death in 1931, The New York Times called her "probably the least known yet most influential of all American women who have had to do with public affairs in this country."[1] She was the wife and helpmate of Robert "Fighting Bob" La Follette—a prominent Progressive Republican politician both in Wisconsin and on the national scene—and as co-editor with her husband of La Follette's Weekly Magazine.[2]

  1. ^ "Wisconsin's Matriarch". The New York Times. August 20, 1931. p. 15.
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