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{{Short description|American politician (1916–2006)}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=June 2021}}
{{Infobox officeholder
|name = Ruth Bachhuber Doyle
|image =
|state = Wisconsin
|state_assembly = Wisconsin
|district = [[Dane County, Wisconsin|Dane]] 1st
| term_start = January 3, 1949
| term_end = January 5, 1953
| predecessor = [[Lyall T. Beggs]]
| successor = [[Floyd E. Wheeler]]
|party = [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]]
|birth_name = Ruth Mabel Bachhuber
|birth_date = {{birth date|1916|10|14}}
|birth_place = [[Milwaukee, Wisconsin]], U.S.
|death_date = {{death date and age|2006|5|6|1916|10|14}}
|death_place = [[Madison, Wisconsin]], U.S.
|resting_place = Resurrection Cemetery, Madison
|spouse = {{marriage|[[James Edward Doyle]]|1940|1987|end=died}}
|children = 4, including [[Jim Doyle]]
|father = [[Frank E. Bachhuber]]
|relatives = [[Andrew Bachhuber]] (grandfather)<br />[[Max Bachhuber]] {{nowrap|(great-grandfather)}}
|alma_mater = {{plainlist|
* [[University of Wisconsin–Madison]] ([[Bachelor of Arts|BA]])
* [[Columbia University]] ([[Master of Arts|MA]])
}}
|occupation = Politician, educator
}}

'''Ruth Bachhuber Doyle''' (born '''Ruth Mabel Bachhuber'''; {{nowrap|October 14, 1916}}{{spnd}}{{nowrap|May 6, 2006}}) was an American educator and [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]] politician. She served two terms in the [[Wisconsin State Assembly]], representing the city of [[Madison, Wisconsin|Madison]] during the [[69th Wisconsin Legislature|1949]] and [[70th Wisconsin Legislature|1951]] sessions. She was the wife of federal judge [[James Edward Doyle]] and the mother of [[Jim Doyle]], the 44th governor of Wisconsin.

Her father, [[Frank E. Bachhuber]], grandfather, [[Andrew Bachhuber]], and great-grandfather, [[Max Bachhuber]], also served in the Wisconsin State Assembly.

==Early life==
Ruth Bachhuber was born in [[Milwaukee, Wisconsin]], on October 14, 1916, to Mabel (née Foley) and [[Frank E. Bachhuber]].<ref name="Obit">{{cite news|title=Ruth Bachhuber Doyle |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/34880182/ruth_bachhuber_doyle_19162006/ |newspaper=Wisconsin State Journal |date=May 7, 2006 |page=24 |via = [[Newspapers.com]] |accessdate = August 14, 2019}} {{Open access}}</ref><ref name="blue">Wisconsin Legislative Reference Library (comp.). ''[http://digicoll.library.wisc.edu/cgi-bin/WI/WI-idx?type=goto&id=WI.WIBlueBk1952&page=43&isize=L The Wisconsin Blue Book 1952]''. Wisconsin: 1952, p. 43.</ref> She went to elementary and high schools in [[Wausau, Wisconsin]]. Doyle received a [[Bachelor of Arts]] from the [[University of Wisconsin–Madison]] in 1938 and a [[Master of Arts]] from [[Columbia University]] in 1939.<ref name="blue"/>

==Career==
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 [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democrat]] from [[Dane County, Wisconsin]], serving from 1949 to 1953.<ref name="Obit"/><ref name="blue"/>

She was the first woman from [[Dane County, Wisconsin|Dane County]] to be elected to the [[Wisconsin State Assembly]].<ref name="Obit"/><ref>"[http://lrbdigital.legis.wisconsin.gov/digital/collection/p16831coll2/id/1199/rec/77 Wisconsin Women Legislators - A Historical List]". ''Wisconsin Briefs'', January 2009, p. 3.</ref> 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]].<ref name="Obit"/><ref name="blue"/> 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.<ref>[http://www.madisonwest61.com/obit_m-doyle_mother.htm Obituary]</ref><ref>[http://www.womenscouncil.wi.gov/docview.asp?docid=15021&locid=2 Wisconsin Womens Council]</ref> She also served as an assistant to the Dean of the [[University of Wisconsin Law School]].<ref name="Obit"/>

==Personal life==
Ruth Bachhuber was the second of three children born to [[Frank E. Bachhuber]] and Mabel (''{{nee}}'' Foley) Bachhuber. She was the fourth generation of her family to serve in the Wisconsin State Assembly. Her father, Frank Bachhuber, represented Marathon County in the 1933 session; her grandfather, [[Andrew Bachhuber]], and great-grandfather, [[Max Bachhuber]], represented Dodge County in the 19th century.

Ruth Bachhuber married [[James Edward Doyle]] in 1940. They met while attending the University of Wisconsin–Madison.<ref name="Obit"/> James Doyle was a prominent Madison lawyer and a former [[Wisconsin Progressive Party|Wisconsin Progressive]] who became an important Democratic Party organizer. He became chairman of the [[Democratic Party of Wisconsin]] in the 1950s, and was then appointed a [[United States federal judge]] in the 1960s. They had four children together, including [[Jim Doyle]], who went on to become the 44th [[governor of Wisconsin]].<ref name="blue"/>

Ruth Doyle had [[Parkinson's disease]] later in life.<ref name="Obit"/> She died in [[Madison, Wisconsin]], on May 6, 2006.<ref name="Obit"/><ref>[http://www.madisonwest61.com/obit_m-doyle_mother.htm Notice of Ruth Doyle's death]</ref>

[[File:Ruth Bachhuber Doyle Administration Building - panoramio.jpg|thumb|Ruth Bachhuber Doyle Administration Building]]

==Awards and legacy==
* The ''James E. and Ruth B. Doyle Chair'' is an endowed professorship at the University of Wisconsin Law School named for Doyle and her husband.<ref name="Obit"/>
* In 1990, the Madison School Board named the district's administration building after her.<ref name="Obit"/>

==References==
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