March 22nd - 26th, 2023

2023 Participant Biographies

Melissa Morton

She/Her/Hers

Melissa Morton is an attorney turned accountant (now retired) who has been interested in history for many years. Melissa graduated from Davidson College with a B.A. degree in history. While attending law school at the College of William & Mary, Melissa worked at Colonial Williamsburg as a costumed historical interpreter. From this experience she realized that the stories of people, places, and ideas do not tell themselves: they have to be told by others. Melissa occupies the narrow niche of crossdressing historical reenactors, and has become well known in the world of Civil War reenacting. She has an impressive collection of reproduction dresses from multiple eras of history.

Workshops
"Transgender Personalities in History (from the 15th Century through the 1860s)"
"Transgender Personalities in History (from the 1860s to the Present Day)"