Lucy Ware Webb
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Lucy Ware Webb was the First Lady of the United States from 1877 to 1881 as the wife of President Rutherford B. Hayes and was noted for her advocacy of temperance and social reforms.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Lucy Ware Webb canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4989869 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Lucy Ware Webb Context triple: [Lucy Webb Hayes, birthName, Lucy Ware Webb]
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A.
Maria Weston Chapman
Maria Weston Chapman was a prominent 19th-century American abolitionist, writer, and organizer known for her leadership in the anti-slavery movement and close collaboration with William Lloyd Garrison.
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Harriet Brackett Spence Lowell
Harriet Brackett Spence Lowell was the mother of American poet and critic James Russell Lowell and a member of the prominent Lowell family of New England.
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C.
Margaret Livingston Cady
Margaret Livingston Cady was an American woman of the early 19th century best known as the mother of leading suffragist and women's rights pioneer Elizabeth Cady Stanton.
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D.
Louise Sewall
Louise Sewall is an individual notable enough to be recognized as a prominent bearer of the Sewall surname, though specific widely known biographical details about her are not well documented.
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E.
Sarah H. Joslyn
Sarah H. Joslyn was a prominent Omaha philanthropist whose generosity and patronage of the arts led to the creation of the Joslyn Art Museum.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Lucy Ware Webb Target entity description: Lucy Ware Webb was the First Lady of the United States from 1877 to 1881 as the wife of President Rutherford B. Hayes and was noted for her advocacy of temperance and social reforms.
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A.
Maria Weston Chapman
Maria Weston Chapman was a prominent 19th-century American abolitionist, writer, and organizer known for her leadership in the anti-slavery movement and close collaboration with William Lloyd Garrison.
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B.
Harriet Brackett Spence Lowell
Harriet Brackett Spence Lowell was the mother of American poet and critic James Russell Lowell and a member of the prominent Lowell family of New England.
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C.
Margaret Livingston Cady
Margaret Livingston Cady was an American woman of the early 19th century best known as the mother of leading suffragist and women's rights pioneer Elizabeth Cady Stanton.
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D.
Louise Sewall
Louise Sewall is an individual notable enough to be recognized as a prominent bearer of the Sewall surname, though specific widely known biographical details about her are not well documented.
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E.
Sarah H. Joslyn
Sarah H. Joslyn was a prominent Omaha philanthropist whose generosity and patronage of the arts led to the creation of the Joslyn Art Museum.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (52)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
First Lady of the United States
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Methodist ⓘ abolitionist ⓘ human ⓘ temperance activist ⓘ |
| associatedWith | Rutherford B. Hayes Presidential Library & Museums NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| birthName | Lucy Ware Webb NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| burialPlace |
Rutherford B. Hayes Presidential Center
NERFINISHED
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Spiegel Grove NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| child |
Birchard Austin Hayes
NERFINISHED
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Fanny Hayes NERFINISHED ⓘ James Webb Cook Hayes NERFINISHED ⓘ Manning Force Hayes NERFINISHED ⓘ Rutherford Platt Hayes NERFINISHED ⓘ Scott Russell Hayes NERFINISHED ⓘ Webb Cook Hayes NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1831-08-28 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1889-06-25 ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
Ohio Wesleyan University (preparatory department)
NERFINISHED
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Wesleyan Female College NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| endTime | 1881-03-04 ⓘ |
| endTime (First Lady of Ohio) | 1872 ⓘ |
| familyName | Hayes NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| father | Dr. James Webb NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| givenName | Lucy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| knownFor |
First Lady of the United States, 1877–1881
NERFINISHED
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advocacy of temperance ⓘ support for African American education ⓘ support for social reforms ⓘ |
| memberOfPoliticalParty | Republican Party (through her husband) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mother | Maria Cook Webb NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nickname | Lemonade Lucy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableWork | Promotion of temperance in the White House NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| numberOfChildren | 8 ⓘ |
| officeContested | First Lady of Ohio ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Chillicothe, Ohio NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath | Fremont, Ohio NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
First Lady of Ohio
NERFINISHED
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First Lady of the United States ⓘ |
| reasonForNickname | refusal to serve alcoholic beverages at White House functions ⓘ |
| religion | Methodism NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| residence |
Columbus, Ohio
NERFINISHED
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Spiegel Grove, Fremont, Ohio NERFINISHED ⓘ Washington, D.C. ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | female ⓘ |
| spouse | Rutherford B. Hayes NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| startTime | 1877-03-04 ⓘ |
| startTime (First Lady of Ohio) | 1868 ⓘ |
| supported |
abolition of slavery
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temperance movement ⓘ veterans and orphans welfare ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Lucy Ware Webb Description of subject: Lucy Ware Webb was the First Lady of the United States from 1877 to 1881 as the wife of President Rutherford B. Hayes and was noted for her advocacy of temperance and social reforms.
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