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- Hayes, LucyLucy Ware Webb was born on August 28, 1831, in Chillicothe, Ohio, to Dr. James Webb and Maria Cook Webb; she was the only daughter of three children born to the couple. The family was prosperous, and both parents were strong temperance advocates. In 1833, James Webb died of cholera. In 1844, the family moved to Delaware, Ohio, where Lucy attended prep school and sat in on college classes at Ohio Wesleyan University, even though women were not officially permitted to enroll. She graduated from Cincinnati Wesleyan Female College in 1850. She met Rutherford B. Hayes shortly before her graduation, and they were married on December 3, 1852. The couple remained close to both their families and lived with various family members until moving into their own home in 1854. The Rutherfords had seven children, five surviving to adulthood...
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- Rutherford Hayes Final YearsHayes is the first president to travel to the West Coast while in office. His wife, Lemonade Lucy, is the first to be widely referred to as the First Lady. In retirement, Hayes is active in social causes, working principally in education. Distributed by PBS Distribution.
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- Lucy Ware Webb HayesLucy Ware Webb Hayes served as First Lady of the United States as the wife of the 19th President, Rutherford B. Hayes (1877-1881). Nicknamed affectionately both “Mother Lucy” and “Lemonade Lucy”, she was well known for caring for wounded infantrymen in her husband’s command during the Civil War and for her staunch support of the temperance movement, respectively...
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Lucy Hayes, c. 1877; photograph by C.M. Bell.
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