Ruth Bachhuber Doyle

Ruth Bachhuber Doyle (October 14, 1916 – May 6, 2006) was an American politician and educator from Wisconsin.[1]

Ruth Bachhuber Doyle Administration Building

Doyle was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin in 1916;[2] she went to elementary and high schools in Wausau, Wisconsin. Doyle received her bachelor's degree from University of Wisconsin in 1938 and her master's degree from Columbia University in 1939. Doyle was a teacher. She worked for the Office of Alien Property Custodian in Washington, D.C. Doyle was elected to the Wisconsin State Assembly, as a Democrat from Dane County, Wisconsin, serving from 1949 to 1953.[2][3]

She was the first woman from Dane County to be elected to the Wisconsin State Assembly.[2][4] She became the fourth generation of her family to serve in the Wisconsin State Assembly following her father, Frank E. Bachhuber, grandfather, Andrew Bachhuber, and great-grandfather, Max Bachhuber.[2] Doyle ran for the office of Wisconsin State Treasurer and lost the election. She then served on the Dane County Board of Supervisors. Doyle also served on the Madison School Board and was president of the school board.[5][6] Ruth Bachhuber was married to United States federal judge James Edward Doyle.[2] Jim Doyle, the former Governor of Wisconsin, was their son.

She died in Madison, Wisconsin on May 6, 2006, aged 89.[2][7]

Notes
  1. Biodata
  2. "Ruth Bachhuber Doyle". Wisconsin State Journal. May 7, 2006. p. 24. Retrieved August 14, 2019 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. Wisconsin Legislative Reference Library (comp.). The Wisconsin Blue Book 1952. Wisconsin: 1952, p. 43.
  4. "Wisconsin Women Legislators - A Historical List". Wisconsin Briefs, January 2009, p. 3.
  5. Obituary
  6. Wisconsin Womens Council
  7. Notice of Ruth Doyle's death


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