A 2013 - 2014 original C-SPAN feature series telling the stories of America's First Ladies - from Martha Washington to Michelle Obama -
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America's First Ladies — from Martha Washington to Michelle Obama
Lucy Hayes
First Lady: 1877 - 1881
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  • Lucy Hayes Program
  • Lucy Hayes program: Opening clip
  • Misperceptions about Lucy Hayes
  • Causes and activism
  • Richard Norton Smith on Lucy Hayes' legacy
  • Approach to being First Lady
  • Press coverage of White House temperance
  • William Seale on Lucy Hayes
  • Veterans' Issues and role as political partner
  • Controversy over White House China
  • Life at Spiegel Grove in Ohio
  • Temperance Supporters' Appreciation Gifts
  • Her White House Dresses
  • Motherhood and Family Life
  • Education
  • Her Personality
  • Her Education
  • Lucy Hayes Image
  • The Hayes' Engagement
  • Hayes' Master Bedroom in Fremont, Ohio
  • Lucy Hayes 25th Anniversary Portrait
  • Lemonade Lucy nickname
  • Lucy Hayes Family view on Slavery
  • A brief introduction of Lucy Hayes

Biography

Lucy Hayes

Rutherford B. Hayes
Women’s minds are as strong as man’s – equal in all things and superior in some.

Born - August 28, 1831 in Chillicothe, Ohio

Parents - James Webb & Maria Cook Webb

Married - December 30, 1852 to Rutherford Birchard Hayes

Children - Birchard Austin (1853 – 1926),
James Webb Cook (1856 – 1934),
Rutherford Platt (1858 – 1927),
Joseph Thompson (1861 – 1863),
George Crook (1864 – 1866),
Fanny (1867 – 1950),
Scott Russell (1871 – 1923),
Manning Force (1873 – 1874)

Education - Wesleyan Female Seminary in Cincinnati, OH in 1850

Firsts - 1st First Lady to graduate from college. 1st First Lady to the host a White House Easter Egg Roll.

Post White House residence - Spiegel Grove, Fremont, Ohio

Died - June 25, 1889 in Fremont, Ohio

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