Fashionable First Lady: The Victorian Wardrobe of Mary Lincoln
Donna McCreary's lifelong interest in the American Civil War and Mary Lincoln led her to become a historical presenter and lecturer. She has extensively researched the Lincoln and Todd families and uses information from original documents to take her audiences into America's turbulent past. As a member of the Association of Lincoln Presentors, she is the recipient of the Outstanding Mary Lincolon award in 1997 and 2000; the Glenn Schnizlein Memorial Award in 2005; and the Lincoln Legend Award in 2007.     It was while designing stage costumes for her progams that McCreary bcame interested in nineteenth-century women's fashion. Her study of photographs, period dress descriptions, and original dreses from the era, as well as those that belonged to Mary Lincoln, contributed to the development of her extensive documentation of Mrs. Lincoln's clothing.    In recognition for her work as an educator, author, and historian, McCreary has been included in several editions ofWho's Who in Americaand has received numerous civic and professional awards. She holds bachelor's and master's degrees in secondary education from Indiana University SE, and is a member of the Society of Midland Authors.