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Title
Lucy
Webb
Hayes
Photograph
Subject
Presidents and Politics
Civil Liberties
Ohio Women
First ladies
Hayes, Lucy Webb, 1831-1889
Place
Fremont (Ohio)
Sandusky County (Ohio)
Description
Lucy
Webb
Hayes
(1831-1889)
was the
wife
of
19th
president
Rutherford
B
.
Hayes
. This
5
"
x
7
"
(12.7
x
17.8
cm)
photograph
was
taken
soon
after
Rutherford's
election
in
1877
.
It
is
part
of the
Rutherford
B
.
Hayes
Collection
at the
Hayes
Presidential
Center
in
Fremont
. The
extensive
collection
consists
of
photographs
,
documents
,
books
, and
ephemera
.
Born
Lucy
Ware
Webb
on
August
28
,
1831
in
Chillicothe
,
Ohio
, her
parents
were
Dr
.
James
Webb
and
Maria
Cook
.
Dr
.
Webb
died
of
cholera
when
Lucy
was
two
years
old
while
on a
trip
to
Kentucky
to
free
slaves
he had
inherited
. In
1844
,
Mrs
.
Webb
moved
the
family
to
Delaware
so
that
Lucy's
two
older
brothers
could
attend
Ohio
Wesleyan
University
.
Although
women
were not
permitted
to
study
at
Wesleyan
,
Lucy
enrolled
with her
brothers
. She
transferred
to
Cincinnati
Wesleyan
Female
College
in
1847
and
graduated
in
1850
.
Lucy
first
met
Rutherford
B
.
Hayes
in
Delaware
, his
hometown
. They were
married
in
December
1852
and
settled
in
Cincinnati
,
where
Rutherford
had
begun
a
law
practice
.
Rutherford
began
to
share
Lucy's
anti-slavery
convictions
,
prompting
him to
enlist
in the
Union
army
when
the
Civil
War
broke
out
.
Lucy
often
visited
the
23rd
Ohio
Volunteer
Infantry
,
which
was
under
her
husband's
command
, and
assisted
in
caring
for the
sick
.
After
the
war
,
Rutherford
was
elected
governor
of
Ohio
in
1867
. The
family
moved
to
Columbus
, and
Lucy
continued
her
charitable
work
by
visiting
hospitals
and
founding
an
orphanage
in the
city
.
When
her
husband
was
elected
president
in
1876
,
Lucy
became
the
first
wife
of a
president
to be
called
"
First
Lady
" and the
first
to have
graduated
from
college
. She
banned
the
serving
of
alcohol
in the
White
House
,
earning
her the
nickname
"
Lemonade
Lucy
"
although
many
believe
it
was
actually
Rutherford's
decision
to
prohibit
alcohol
,
since
he
realized
the
significance
of
temperance
supporters
to his
campaign
.
Lucy
was a
strong
anti-slavery
supporter
and
worked
for
many
social
causes
,
including
scholarships
for
Native
Americans
and
donations
for the
poor
.
When
Congress
banned
children
from
rolling
out
their
Easter
eggs
on the
grounds
of the
Capitol
,
Lucy
invited
the
children
to the
White
House
. The
tradition
continues
today
. The
Hayes
' had
eight
children
,
five
of
whom
survived
to
adulthood
.
After
her
tenure
as
First
Lady
,
Lucy
and her
husband
returned
to
Spiegel
Grove
, the
family
estate
in
Fremont
,
Ohio
. The
family
spent
eight
happy
years
there
before
Lucy
suffered
a
stroke
and
died
a
few
days
later
, on
June
25
,
1889
.
Date of Original
1877
Collection
Rutherford
B
.
Hayes
Collection
Source
Audiovisual material
Hayes-1
Submitting Institution
Rutherford B. Hayes Presidential Center
Rights
For rights and reproduction requests, go to the Ohio Historical Society's Audiovisual and Graphic Reproduction Services page at
http://www.ohiohistory.org/resource/audiovis/photodup.html;
Online access is provided for research purposes only. For rights and reproduction requests or more information, go to
http://www.ohiohistory.org/images/information
Type
StillImage
File Name
Om193_604719_006.tif
Image Height
2100
Image Width
1566
File Size
281.047 KB
Format
picture
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