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BELLE CASE LA FOLLETTE. Her perfect health was proved by the fact that she attended school and was a close student for eight consecutive years, including her university course, without losing a recitation. She became the wife in 1881 of her classmate, Robert M. La Follette. a lawyer.
Belle Case La Follette crusaded for women's s suffrage at county fairs and local gatherings throughout the state. Throughout his college career, one of La Follette's closest friends and most respected classmates was Belle Case. She, too, excelled at oratory but unlike La Follette, she also did well in other academic subjects.
Belle Case La Follette. Formal studio portrait of Belle Case La Follette wearing a black lace dress. This photograph was taken about 1885, the year in which her husband, Robert M. La Follette, Sr., first went to Washington, D.C., as a Republican congressman. It is probably a dress that she wore to official parties and gatherings in the capital.
Resource guide 114 pages Each resource guide contains viewing notes, a script of the DVD, discussion starters, and discussion questions. Individuals and topics covered: Women's History, Women's Studies, Upper Midwest History, Wisconsin, Writer, Baraboo WI, Madison WI, UW-Madison,
19 de ago. de 2015 · ABSTRACT. In 1931, the New York Times hailed Belle Case La Follette as "probably the least known yet most influential of all the American women who have had to do with public affairs." A dedicated advocate for women's suffrage, peace, and other causes, she served as a key advisor to her husband, leading Progressive politician Robert La Follette.
Belle Case La Follette. When Belle Case accepted Robert La Follette's proposal of marriage, she asked that the word obey be removed from their wedding vows for the 1882 ceremony. Like her husband, La Follette was an independent thinker who had also been born in a Wisconsin log cabin.
1 photograph : gelatin silver print ; sheet 16 x 11 cm. Title [Belle Case La Follette] Created / Published [United States], [1905 or 1906]
