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Lucy Ware Webb Hayes (August 28, 1831 – June 25, 1889) was a First Lady of the United States[1] and the wife of PresidentRutherford B. Hayes.
Lucy was nicknamed "Lemonade Lucy." She did not serve alcohol in the White House.
Early life
[change | change source]She was born in Chillicothe, Ohio. She was the daughter of James Webb, a doctor, and Maria Cook-Webb. Lucy was descended from seven veterans of the American Revolution.
Her father died when she was a child.
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With her mother, she moved to Delaware, Ohio where in 1847 she met Rutherford B. Hayes.
Lucy Hayes studied at Ohio Wesleyan University. She was the first First Lady to graduate from college.
The First Lady
[change | change source]As First Lady, Hayes supported her husband's ban of alcoholic beverages at state functions, excepting only the reception for Grand Duke Alexei Alexandrovich of Russia in 1877, at which wine was served.
She also instituted the custom of conducting an