Ola Babcock Miller

Eunice Viola "Ola" Babcock Miller (March 1, 1871 – January 25, 1937) was an American politician and the first female Iowa Secretary of State.

Ola Babcock Miller

Born in Washington County, Iowa, Miller and her family moved to Washington, Iowa. She went to Iowa Wesleyan College. She taught in rural schools and then married Alex Miller. Their daughter Ophelia (died in 1988) married George Gallup who started the Gallup Poll. Miller was elected Iowa Secretary of State in 1932 as a Democrat. While secretary of state in 1935, Miller started the Iowa Highway Safety Patrol. Miller died of pneumonia in Des Moines, Iowa.[1][2]

Notes
  1. Famous Iowans-Ola Babcock Miller
  2. The Biographical Dictionary of Iowa-Eunice Viola Babcock Miller
Political offices
Preceded by
G. C. Greenwalt		 Secretary of State of Iowa
1933–1937		 Succeeded by
Robert E. O'Brien


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