La Follette, Belle Case (1859-1931)

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Belle Case La Follette to Jane Addams, June 26, 1911

Belle Case La Follett to Jane Addams, January 2, 1912

Belle Case La Follette to Jane Addams, January 10, 1912

Belle Case La Follette to Jane Addams, January 22, 1912

Belle Case La Follette to Mary Ware Dennett, January 22, 1912

Belle Case La Follette to Jane Addams, January 14, 1914

Belle Case La Follette to Jane Addams, January 28, 1914

Belle Case La Follette to Elizabeth Thacher Kent, January 26, 1915

Jane Addams to Belle Case La Follette, July 6, 1911

Jane Addams to Belle Case La Follette, January 5, 1912

Jane Addams to Belle Case La Follette, February 5, 1912

Jane Addams to Belle Case La Follette, January 23, 1914

Jane Addams to Catharine Waugh McCulloch, January 5, 1912

Jane Addams to Ada Lois James, February 2, 1912

Julia Clifford Lathrop to Jane Addams, January 14, 1915

Jane Addams to Emily Greene Balch, March 13, 1915

Harriet Park Thomas to Jane Addams, June 30, 1916

The Second Annual Meeting of the Woman's Peace Party, December 9, 1916

Olga Kuhlmeyer to Jane Addams, December 13, 1916

Lucia Ames Mead to Jane Addams, November 5, 1917

Women's International League for Peace and Freedom Memberships Lists and Accounts, March 12 to March 25, 1920

Women's International League for Peace and Freedom Membership List, April 9th to April 17, 1920

Eleanor Daggett Karsten to Jane Addams, April 28, 1920

Anna Garlin Spencer to Jane Addams, May 2, 1920

Eleanor Daggett Karsten to Jane Addams, May 3, 1920

Jane Addams to Eleanor Daggett Karsten, May 3, 1920

Eleanor Daggett Karsten to Jane Addams, May 6, 1920

La Follette, Flora Dodge "Fola" (1882-1970)

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Birth Date

1859-04-21

Death Date

1931-08-18

Birthplace

Summit, WI

Biographical Text

Belle Case La Follette was a woman suffrage activist, peace activist, and civil rights activist. She attended the University of Wisconsin-Madison, later working as a teacher after graduation. She then attended the University of Wisconsin Law School, becoming the school's first female graduate in 1885. La Follette gave many speeches regarding women's rights, suffrage, and civil rights. She helped found the Woman's Peace Party in 1915 and the National Council for the Prevention of War in 1921 and was a member of the Women's Committee for World Disarmament. After her husband's death, La Follette was offered his seat in the U.S. Senate, which would have made her the first female Senator, but declined the offer.

La Follette married Robert La Follette in 1881. They had four children together. La Follette died in 1931.

La Follette and Jane Addams corresponded frequently, often discussing peace activism, suffrage, and education. She also appeared in Addams' letters regarding her husband and the woman's suffrage movement in Wisconsin.

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Dwyer, Christina

Lichon, Sara Catherine

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Female

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1911

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“La Follette, Belle Case (1859-1931),” Jane Addams Digital Edition, accessed October 24, 2021, http://digital.janeaddams.ramapo.edu/items/show/3640.