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Lucy Ware Webb Hayes (August 28, 1831 – June 25, 1889) was a First Lady of the United States and the wife of President Rutherford B. Hayes. Historians have christened her "Lemonade Lucy" due to her staunch support of the temperance movement; however, contrary to popular belief, she was never referred to by that nickname while living, and it was her husband who banned alcohol from the White House. ==Early life== Born in Chillicothe, Ohio, 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. After his death, she, her mother and the other children freed the family slaves and continued to give them assistance and show an interest in their welfare.〔Edith Deen, Great Women of the Christian Faith, (Chappaqua, NY:Christian Herald Books,1959,p.228〕 With her mother, she moved to Delaware, Ohio where in 1847 she met Rutherford B. Hayes. Later that year, she enrolled at Wesleyan Women’s College, class of 1850 (which later merged with Ohio Wesleyan University), from which she graduated with first honors;〔Edith Deen, Great Women of the Christian Faith, (Chappaqua, NY:Christian Herald Books,1959,p.227〕 she was the first first lady to have graduated from college and was a member of Kappa Kappa Gamma sorority. Hayes was by this time practicing law in Cincinnati, and the two began dating seriously. He proposed in June 1851. Rutherford Hayes, aged 30, married Lucy Webb, aged 21, on December 30, 1852, at the home of the bride’s mother in Cincinnati, Ohio. After the wedding, performed by Dr. L.D. McCabe of Delaware, the couple honeymooned at the home of the groom’s sister and brother-in-law in Columbus, Ohio. She and her husband were both strong supporters of the Methodist Church in their home town, Fremont, Ohio. When the church constructed a new building there, they paid a quarter of the cost, and did so again when it burned and had to be rebuilt some years later. They assisted other churches as well.〔Dean, p. 228〕 During the Civil War, Lucy spent two winters with him at a camp in Virginia, nursing him back to health while he served with the Union forces. She also worked with other hospitals and camps during the war.〔Deen, p. 228〕 A vigorous opponent of slavery, Hayes contributed to her husband’s decision to abandon the Whigs for the antislavery Republican Party. During the American Civil War, she visited Hayes often in the field. Before becoming First Lady of the United States, she was twice First Lady of Ohio, first from 1868 to 1872 and again from 1876 until 1877 when her husband became President.〔Edith Deen, Great Women of the Christian Faith, (Chappaqua, NY:Christian Herald Books,1959,p.227〕 While her husband was governor of Ohio, she helped establish the state Home for Soldiers’ Orphans at Xenia. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Lucy Webb Hayes」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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