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After her husband left office, a minister wrote the White House was "purer because" this first lady "has been its mistress" |
Lucy Hayes ("Lemonade Lucy")
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19th CENTURY FIRST LADIES |
2023-05-15 |
#10 |
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This wife of Rutherford B. Hayes came from a slave-owning family but she & her parents were abolitionists |
Lucy Hayes
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$800 |
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FIRST LADIES |
2018-04-11 |
#7738 |
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The Woman's Christian Temperance Union funded her official portrait that was presented to the White House in 1881 |
Lucy Hayes
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$1,000 |
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FIRST LADIES |
2015-10-20 |
#7152 |
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An 1877 reception for the Grand Duke of Russia was the only time she permitted alcohol at a state function |
Lucy Hayes ("Lemonade Lucy")
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$1,000 |
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FIRST LADIES |
2009-03-19 |
#5654 |
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If there had been an inaugural ball in 1877 (there wasn't), she probably would have served lemonade |
Lucy Hayes
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$1,600 |
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FIRST LADIES |
2007-11-08 |
#5329 |
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1877-1881 |
Lucy Hayes
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$800 |
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FIRST LADIES' TERMS OF SERVICE |
2005-04-05 |
#4747 |
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Visiting San Jose in the last year of her husband's presidency, she was given a banner by the WCTU |
Lucy Hayes
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$3,100 |
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FIRST LADIES |
1996-03-08 |
#2660 |
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Surprisingly, she allowed wine to be served at an 1877 White House dinner for 2 Russian grand dukes |
(Lemonade) Lucy Hayes
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$1,100 |
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FIRST LADIES |
1994-12-19 |
#2371 |
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Susan B. Anthony tried to get her to support the women's movement, but she abstained, as she did with alcohol |
Lucy Hayes
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$800 |
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FIRST LADIES |
1992-10-21 |
#1868 |
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Because of her White House ban on alcohol, the W.C.T.U. commissioned a portrait of this first lady |
Lucy Hayes ("Lemonade Lucy")
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$1,000 |
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FIRST LADIES |
1992-02-17 |
#1726 |
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"Lemonade Lucy", she was ruthless, not Rutherfordless, about not serving alcohol in the White House |
Lucy Hayes
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$300 |
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FIRST LADIES |
1988-03-24 |
#829 |