Cora Lily Woodard Aycock (October 11, 1868 – March 13, 1952) was an American political hostess, farmer, and railway executive.

She worked with her son-in-law, the writer Clarence Hamilton Poe, to publish The Life and Speeches of Charles B. Aycock.

[1] Upon moving into the North Carolina Executive Mansion in 1901, Aycock found that the governor's annual salary of $3,000 was not enough to cover the elaborate entertaining expected from a first lady.

[2] Aycock maintained a low profile while acting as first lady, and focused much of her attention toward raising her children and stepchildren and keeping house at the mansion.

[2] She was his second wife, as he was previously married for eight years to her older sister, Varina Woodard, until her death on July 9, 1889.

[1] Aycock kept chickens, a cow, and grew vegetables on her 1-acre property in Raleigh, and sold extra milk and produce to make a profit.

[1] She received a modest income by selling tobacco from the farm, and also was provided ham and sausage from raising pigs.

[8] Her funeral, held at her daughter's house in Lakewood Gardens, was officiated by a minister from Pullen Memorial Baptist Church.