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==Background==

==Background==

Lucille Grace was born in Plaquemine in Iberville Parish, located south of the capital city of [[Baton Rouge]], to Fred J. Grace and the former May Dardenne. She graduated in 1919 from the Academy of the Sacred Heart in Grand Coteau, near Opelousas in St. Landry Parish. She thereafter received a bachelor's degree from [[Louisiana State University]] in Baton Rouge. She was secretary-treasurer of her LSU freshman class, the first woman to have attained that distinction. She was also a member of Phi Kappa Phi honor society, the [[Daughters of the American Revolution]], and the United Daughters of the Confederacy.<ref name=dict/>​

Lucille Grace was born in Plaquemine in Iberville Parish, located south of the capital city of [[Baton Rouge]], to Fred J. Grace (1871-1933) and the former May Azema Dardenne (1873-1960). She graduated in 1919 from the Academy of the Sacred Heart in Grand Coteau  near Opelousas in St. Landry Parish. She thereafter received a bachelor's degree from [[Louisiana State University]] in Baton Rouge. She was secretary-treasurer of her LSU freshman class, the first woman to have attained that distinction. She was also a member of Phi Kappa Phi honor society, the [[Daughters of the American Revolution]], and the United Daughters of the Confederacy.<ref name=dict/>​

Though in 1933, she married Fred Columbus Dent Sr. (1909–1973), of Baton Rouge, she kept the name "Miss Lucille May Grace" because that was the name by which voters recognized her. While Miss Grace was of an "aristocratic" bearing, she ran on the "populist" Long ticket and became well liked among her state's voters, both in the Long faction and the anti-Long group as well. A newspaper editor wrote of Miss Grace in 1939 that: "the mere placing (of) her name on a state ticket means she will be returned... to the position of Register of the State Land Office by a larger vote than she received four years ago..."​<ref name=lmg>{{cite web|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060924112220/http://www.sec.state.la.us/archives/women/bio-grace.htm|title=Lucille May Grace|publisher=Internet Archive Wayback Machine through Louisiana Secretary of State|accessdate=Septembe3r 2, 2019}}</ref>

Though in 1933, she married Fred Columbus Dent Sr. (1909–1973), of Baton Rouge, she kept the name "Miss Lucille May Grace" because that was the name by which voters recognized her. While Miss Grace was of an "aristocratic" bearing, she ran on the "populist" Long ticket and became well liked among her state's voters, both in the Long faction and the anti-Long group as well. A newspaper editor wrote of Miss Grace in 1939 that: "the mere placing (of) her name on a state ticket means she will be returned... to the position of Register of the State Land Office by a larger vote than she received four years ago..."​<ref name=lmg>{{cite web|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060924112220/http://www.sec.state.la.us/archives/women/bio-grace.htm|title=Lucille May Grace|publisher=Internet Archive Wayback Machine through Louisiana Secretary of State|accessdate=Septembe3r 2, 2019}}</ref>