La Follette, Belle Case
1859 - 1931

Details
Born: 4/21/1859 in Summit (Juneau County), Wisconsin
Died: 8/18/1931
Ethnicity: White/Caucasian
Professional Facts
Regions and States of Practice:
WI, Midwest
Legal Education:
University of Wisconsin Law School, 1885
Other Education:
University of Wisconsin (1879)
Positions During Her Career:
Assistant Principal of Spring Green High School (1879-1882?)
Works "behind the scenes" with her husband, doing things like drafting briefs and running his many campaigns (1885-1925)
Editor, Columnist, and Publisher of her and her husband's magazine, La Follette's Weekly Magazine, which later became The Progressive (1909-1931)
Firsts:
Female graduate from the University of Wisconsin Law School (1885)
Further Research Materials

References:
All the Allies of Each: Lelia Robinson's Portrait of Early Women Lawyers in America
Julia Steele, All the Allies of Each: Lelia Robinson's Portrait of Early Women Lawyers in America, 1998
Pioneers in the Law: The First 150 Women. State Bar of Wisconsin (1998), Describes the hardships and recognizes the efforts of the first 150 women lawyers admitted to the State Bar of Wisconsin, 1879-1943.
Wisconsin's Women Lawyers--Past and Present
Priscilla Ruth MacDougall, Wisconsin's Women Lawyers - Past and Present, 21 (2) Wisconsin Academy Review 7 (Spring 1975), available at: http://www.library.wisc.edu/etext/WIReader/WER1106.html
Can Women Practice Law?
Can Women Practice Law? 1 (5) The Law Student's Helper 102 (May 1893)

Student Papers:
Belle Case La Follette: The Counselor
Lochen, Sara, 2004