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Lucy Ware Webb Hayes
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Birthdate
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08/28/1831
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Death date
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06/25/1889
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President
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Rutherford B. Hayes
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Dates of service
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03/04/1877-03/04/1881
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Relationship to president
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Spouse
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Other marriages
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N/A
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Websites
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First Ladies National Library Biography of Lucy Hayes
White House History of Lucy Hayes
Rutherford B Hayes Presidential Library: Lucy Webb Hayes
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Papers/letters collections
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Lucy Webb Hayes Correspondence-1861
Manuscripts for: Lucy Hayes
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Historical sites
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Lucy Hayes Heritage Center
Lucy Ware Webb Hayes: Gravesite
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Fascinating details
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- She took an early interest in equality of the sexes, however, Lucy did little, if anything, to support women’s right to vote.
- 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.
- While very involved in politics and the movements of the time, Lucy Hayes abruptly stopped her participation once her sister-in-law died.
- She was mostly involved in housekeeping after the death of her sister-in-law, although she continued to support the abolition of slavery.
- Hayes was the first ‘first lady’ to have a higher education degree, receiving a liberal arts degree from Wesleyan Female College at 18 years old.
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