Lucy Ware Webb Hayes

Websites 

First Ladies National Library Biography of Lucy Hayes

White House History of Lucy Hayes

Rutherford B Hayes Presidential Library: Lucy Webb Hayes

Papers/letters collections

Lucy Webb Hayes Correspondence-1861

Manuscripts for: Lucy Hayes

Historical sites

Lucy Hayes Heritage Center

Lucy Ware Webb Hayes: Gravesite

Fascinating details

• 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.