Description: Illustrated portrait of Lucy Ware Webb Hayes. She was born in Chillicothe, Ohio, on August 28, 1831, the youngest of three children of James Webb and Maria Cook Webb. Her father was a medical doctor. When Lucy was two years old, her father died of cholera after attending many slaves afflicted with the disease. He also lost his parents and a brother to the disease. Lucy attended elementary school in Chillicothe, and when her brothers attended Ohio Wesleyan College in Delaware, the family moved to be closer to them. Although females were not allowed to attend the college, she was able to take several classes and received credit for them. At age 16, she enrolled in Cincinnati Wesleyan Female College, graduating in 1850. On December 30, 1852, Lucy, then 21, married Rutherford B. Hayes in the home of her mother in Cincinnati, Ohio. Lucy was the first President's wife to be called First Lady. She was against drinking alcohol and became know as Lemonade Lucy for her non-alcoholic dinners. She also established the Easter Egg Roll at the White House. Rutherford B Hayes served only one term as President, retiring with his family to his home in Fremont, Ohio, called Spiegel Grove in 1881. Lucy died of a stroke on June 25, 1889 and was buried in Fremont. Three years later, her husband followed her in death. Later they were re-interred in Spiegel Grove in 1915. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B15F01_044
Subjects: Hayes, Lucy Webb, 1831-1889; Hayes, Rutherford Birchard, 1822-1893; Illustrations; Wesleyan Female College (Cincinnati, Ohio);
Places: Fremont (Ohio); Sandusky County (Ohio)
 

Description: Cabinet card portrait of Lucy Webb Hayes, wife of United States President Rutherford B. Hayes, ca. 1889-1899. She was born in Chillicothe, Ohio, and was a graduate of Ohio Wesleyan University (then known as Wesleyan Women's College)--the first presidential wife to graduate from university. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL07886
Subjects: Hayes, Lucy Webb, 1831-1889; Hayes, R. B. (Rutherford Birchard), 1822-1893; Presidents' spouses--United States
Places: Fremont (Ohio); Sandusky County (Ohio)
 

Description: Photograph of a full length portrait of Lucy Webb Hayes, wife of United States President Rutherford B. Hayes, 1881. Original portrait was created by Daniel Huntington. Lucy Webb was born on August 28, 1831 in Chillicothe, Ohio. She married Rutherford B Hayes on December 30, 1832. They became the parents of eight children. She died in Fremont, Ohio on June 25, 1889 and was buried in Fremont City Cemetery. Later, she was re-interred to Spiegel Grove. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL07889
Subjects: Hayes, Lucy Webb, 1831-1889; Multicultural Ohio--Ohio Women
 

Description: This image shows the home of Lucy Ware Webb Hayes in Chillicothe, Ohio. First Lady Lucy Ware Webb Hayes was born in this four-room Federal Vernacular house in 1831. Well educated for her time, she attended local schools, took classes in the preparatory department of Ohio Wesleyan University in Delaware, and graduated from Wesleyan Female College in Cincinnati in 1850. She married lawyer and future U.S. President Rutherford B. Hayes in 1852. They raised five children to adulthood. As a colonel's wife during the Civil War, "Mother Lucy" boosted morale for the soldiers of the 23rd Ohio Volunteer Infantry regiment. In 1870, during Hayes' first term as governor of Ohio, Lucy helped establish the Ohio Soldiers' and Sailors' Orphans' Home as a state institution. (continued on other side) View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL06447
Subjects: Hayes, Lucy Webb, 1831-1889; First ladies (United States); Chillicothe (Ohio)
Places: Chillicothe (Ohio); Ross County (Ohio)
 

Description: This image shows a portrait of Lucy Ware Webb Hayes, wife of Rutherford Hayes, the 19th President of the United States. Lucy Webb was born on August 18, 1831 in Chillicothe, Ohio. She was the first 1st Lady to have a college education. She died on June 26, 1889 in Fremont, Ohio. She is buried on the grounds of their home in Fremont, called Spiegel Grove. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL06571
Subjects: Hayes, Lucy Webb, 1831-1889; Presidents' spouses--United States; First ladies (United States)
Places: Chillicothe (Ohio); Ross County (Ohio)
 

Description: Illustrated portrait of Lucy Webb Hayes, from "Women and Temperance" by Frances E. Willard, 1884. An Ohio native, Webb Hayes was the wife of U.S. President Rutherford B. Hayes. She was a graduate of Ohio Wesleyan University (then known as Wesleyan Women's College)--the first presidential spouse to graduate from university. A strong supporter of the temperance movement, she earned the nickname "Lemonade Lucy" because she refused to serve alcohol in the White House. She was also known as an advocate for the abolition of slavery, education and the rights of women. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL04249
Subjects: Hayes, Lucy Webb, 1831-1889; Other--Social Welfare; Temperance--History; First ladies; Presidents' spouses--United States
Places: Chillicothe (Ohio); Ross County (Ohio)