Stacy Lynn holds a Ph.D. in American History from the University of Illinois (2007) and is the author of three books–Loving Lincoln: A Personal History of the Women Who Shaped Lincoln’s Life and Legacy (Southern Illinois University Press, 2025), Mary Lincoln: Southern Girl, Northern Woman (Routledge, 2015), and The Jury in Lincoln’s America (Ohio University Press, 2012. She was an associate editor at the Papers of Abraham Lincoln (1996-2016), editing The Papers of Abraham Lincoln: Legal Documents and Cases (University of Virginia Press, 2008) and the Lincoln Editor (2000-2015) and served as the project’s assistant director (2009-2016). She has been working with the Jane Addams Papers since January 2017. In October 2023, she appeared in the WTTV, Chicago PBS, documentary Jane Addams: Together We Rise.
Contact information: smcderm1@ramapo.edu