Editing Lucy Webb Hayes (section)

== Views on temperance ==
Known as a [[Teetotalism | teetotaler]], Lucy had signed a pledge to abstain from alcohol at a young age.<ref name=":1" />

The [[White House]] had a ban on alcoholic beverages during Rutherford's term, but historians generally credit Rutherford with the final decision to ban alcohol.<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":1" /><ref name=":3" /><ref name="Blade">{{Cite news|url= http://www.toledoblade.com/Culture/2010/08/27/First-lady-Lucy-Hayes-didn-t-initiate-alcohol-ban-in-White-House.html |title= First lady Lucy Hayes didn't initiate alcohol ban in White House |date=2010-08-26 |newspaper=The Blade |quote=Mr. Anthony's profile suggests a reason the legend of Lemonade Lucy might have become so popular with historians of the early 20th century, when there was greater moral stigma associated with alcohol consumption.<br> 'She was ... held up as a moral example for Ohio schoolchildren who read about her in their textbooks,' [Anthony] wrote. |access-date=2016-12-01}}</ref> Lucy actually opposed prohibition.<ref name=":6" /> She preferred to persuade rather than prevent and did not condemn those who used alcohol in moderation.<ref name=":6" />

Lucy was not a member of any [[Temperance movement in the United States| temperance]] groups. She resisted attempts by the [[Woman's Christian Temperance Union]] (WCTU) to enlist her as a [[leader]] out of fear of creating political fallout for her husband by association with the controversial cause.<ref name="Blade"/>

The WCTU paid for a portrait of Lucy by [[Daniel Huntington (artist) |Daniel Huntington]] before she left the [[White House]].<ref name=":6" />

The first written references to "Lemonade Lucy" don't turn up until the 20th century, which didn't begin until 11 years after Lucy's death in 1889, according to Tom Culbertson of the [[Rutherford B. Hayes Presidential Center |Hayes Center]].<ref name="Blade"/> Hundreds of articles, cartoons, and poems chronicled and parodied{{when?|date=November 2019}} her opposition to drinking.<ref name=":6" /> Historian Carl Anthony "suggests a reason the legend of Lemonade Lucy might have become so popular with historians of the early 20th century, when there was greater moral stigma associated with alcohol consumption".<ref name="Blade"/>