Editing Lucy Webb Hayes (section)

== First Lady of Ohio ==
While Rutherford was [[List of Governors of Ohio|Governor of Ohio]], Lucy often accompanied her husband on visits to prisons, correctional institutions for boys and girls, hospitals for the mentally ill, and facilities for the deaf and mute.<ref name=":0" />

In 1870, Lucy and her friends established a soldiers' orphans home in [[Xenia, Ohio]].<ref name=":0" />

Rutherford initially chose not to run for a third term as governor and in 1873, the family moved to [[Spiegel Grove]]. Rutherford's uncle, Sardis Birchard, had built the house years earlier with them in mind.<ref name=":0" /> This house would later become the first presidential library.<ref name=":1" />

In 1875, Rutherford ran for and won a third term as governor. The hard fought victory brought Rutherford to national prominence. In June 1876, he was nominated for president by the [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican party]].<ref name=":0" />

Lucy played an active role in her husband's administration and lobbied the state legislature to provide more funding to schools, orphanages, and insane asylums.<ref name=":5" />

Their youngest child, named for General Manning F. Force, was born in 1873 and died in 1874, while the Hayes family lived at Spiegel Grove.<ref name=":1" />