an online biography of rutherford b. hayes radicalizes my feminism*
"Hayes went to Harvard Law School and then made a name for himself as a successful criminal defense lawyer in Cincinnati. There he married Lucy Ware Webb. Lucy advocated temperance and abolition, and was a strong Methodist who placed more emphasis on good works than on being 'born again.' Without nagging, she influenced her husband. After marriage he became a stronger antislavery advocate and a teetotaler following his move to the White House, and he regularly attended religious services with Lucy, though he never joined a church."
Because obviously nagging is the main way that women influence people in the realm of social and religious values.
*Thanks, queen_elvis for supplying the phrase and jcreed for giving me the idea to appropriate it.
Because obviously nagging is the main way that women influence people in the realm of social and religious values.
*Thanks, queen_elvis for supplying the phrase and jcreed for giving me the idea to appropriate it.