# Donna Cravat — Cimarron character guide

> Donna Cravat in Cimarron by Edna Ferber.

**Role:** supporting

**Also known as:** Donna, little Donna, Miss Donna

**First appearance:** 0007-iv

## Snapshot

The Cravats' daughter, whose vulnerability in the rough frontier shakes her mother awake and sets Sabra on a harder, more capable path.

## Who they are

Donna is still small enough for a nursemaid and a baby buggy when her mother rises from a long illness and realizes the girl will never survive Oklahoma as a Southern ornament. That recognition crystallizes Sabra's resolve to paper the house, plant trees, and build something civilized out of the muck. Donna's existence — more than Cim's — is the pressure that turns her mother into a builder.

## Relationships

### [Sabra Cravat](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/cimarron_se/characters/sabra_cravat)

_family_

Mother and daughter, with Donna often caught between her mother's strong will and her father's romantic legacy.

### [Yancey Cravat](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/cimarron_se/characters/yancey_cravat)

_family_

Father and daughter, with Donna adoring Yancey's charm but feeling abandoned by his frequent absences.

### [Sabra Cravat](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/cimarron_se/characters/sabra_cravat)

_family_

Mother and daughter, with Donna often caught between her mother's strong will and her father's romantic legacy.

### [Sabra Cravat](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/cimarron_se/characters/sabra_cravat)

_family_

Mother and daughter, with Donna often caught between her mother's strong will and her father's romantic legacy.

### [Yancey Cravat](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/cimarron_se/characters/yancey_cravat)

_family_

Father and daughter, with Donna adoring Yancey's charm but feeling abandoned by his frequent absences.

### [Yancey Cravat](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/cimarron_se/characters/yancey_cravat)

_family_

Father and daughter, with Donna adoring Yancey's charm but feeling abandoned by his frequent absences.

## In the story

### [Cimarron](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/cimarron_se/chapters/cimarron)

Infant daughter of Yancey and Sabra, born shortly after their arrival in Osage.

### [Chapter XI](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/cimarron_se/chapters/xi)

Born in June, named Donna Cravat by Dr. Don Valliant; cared for by Isaiah.

### [XII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/cimarron_se/chapters/xii)

A plain but stylish toddler; her grandmother Felice notes she has 'style' to compensate.

### [XIII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/cimarron_se/chapters/xiii)

Tired and frightened upon arrival; entrusted to Isaiah's arms during Sabra's reunion with Yancey.

### [Chapter XIV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/cimarron_se/chapters/xiv)

Mentioned as one of the children Sabra calls for during her hysterics.

### [Chapter XV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/cimarron_se/chapters/xv)

So young when Yancey left that he is nearly wiped from her memory.

### [Chapter XVI](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/cimarron_se/chapters/xvi)

Shy of Yancey upon his return, described as a Venable.

### [XIX](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/cimarron_se/chapters/xix)

Age fifteen; sent to Miss Dignum's finishing school on the Hudson; described as brilliant and ambitious.

### [Chapter XX](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/cimarron_se/chapters/xx)

Returns from school with a cynical, calculating demeanor, plans to marry Tracy Wyatt for wealth.

### [XXIII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/cimarron_se/chapters/xxiii)

Leases a Washington house in Dupont Circle and plans a social coup with Sabra, using Tracy Wyatt's wealth and influence to defeat their enemies.

## Links

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