The Diary of Elizabeth Drinker: The Life Cycle of an Eighteenth-Century WomanThe journal of Philadelphia Quaker Elizabeth Sandwith Drinker (1735 1807) is perhaps the single most significant personal record of eighteenth century life in America from a woman's perspective. Drinker wrote in her diary nearly continuously between 1758 and 1807, from two years before her marriage to the night before her last illness. The extraordinary span and sustained quality of the journal make it a rewarding document for a multitude of