Ola Babcock Miller


Eunice Viola "Ola" Babcock Miller was an American politician and the first female Iowa Secretary of State.
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 Andrew Miller. Their daughter Ophelia 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.