 She taught junior high school in Baraboo before marrying future Wisconsin Congressman, Senator, Governor and Presidential candidate Robert M. La Follette, Sr. Mrs. La Follette played an active role in her husband's political career.In the spring of 1904, Robinson was summoned by Governor La Follette to the Executive Mansion, which was just a short walk from the U of W campus.In a February 5, 1946 interview with the "St. Louis Post-Dispatch"'s Robert Morrison, Robinson recalled that the Governor's "wife was from my home town and our families were acquainted ...