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graduating class.
Belle Case La Follette would later return to the University of Wisconsin Law School and became the school's first female graduate in 1885.
Biography Marriage.
Belle Case and Bob La Follette developed an early friendship at University of Wisconsin, their love of reform and rural backgrounds providing common ground for a potential courtship. Belle, however, only wished their bond to remain "free from sentiment," at least until they had left college.
While Belle excelled in her studies, Bob became notorious for poor
Belle Case La Follette
Belle Case La Follette (April 21, 1859 – August 18, 1931) was a women's suffrage, peace, and Civil Rights activist in Wisconsin, United States. La Follette worked with the women'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."
She is best remembered as the