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Lucy Ware Hayes (née Webb; August 28, 1831 – June 25, 1889) was the wife of President Rutherford B. Hayes and served as first lady of the United States from 1877 to 1881. Hayes was the first First Lady to have a college degree. [1] She was also a more egalitarian hostess than previous First Ladies. [2]
Lucy Webb Hayes was born in Chillicothe, Ohio, to Dr. James Webb and Maria Cook on August 28, 1831. Two years later, Dr. Webb died during a cholera epidemic in Kentucky, where he had gone to free slaves he had inherited. In 1844, the Webb family moved to Delaware, Ohio.
Dec 10, 2016 · MIDDLETOWN — As a charter bus moved slowly up Main Street on Saturday, the great-great-granddaughter of Lucy Webb Hayes read aloud the former first lady’s account of a long search for her...
Lucy Ware Webb Hayes served as First Lady of the United States as the wife of the 19th President, Rutherford B. Hayes (1877-1881).
Seldom in American history has the character of a President's wife been so distorted as that of Lucy Webb Hayes. Critics of the Hayes temperance policy in White House entertaining attributed the ban on the serving of liquor and wine to Mrs. Hayes, and derisively nicknamed her "Lemonade Lucy."
Lucy took the blame for the national ban on alcohol, earning nicknames such as ‘Lemonade Lucy.’ Some associate her involvement with the Temperance Movement as part of a larger effort to reduce instances of domestic violence.
Hayes' distinguished combat record earned him election to Congress, and three postwar terms as governor of Ohio. She not only joined him in Washington for its winter social season, she also accompanied him on visits to state reform schools, prisons, and asylums.
