Ebook: The Diary of Elizabeth Drinker: the Life Cycle of an Eighteenth-Century Woman

Focusing on different stages of Drinker's personal development within the domestic context, this abridged edition highlights four critical phases of her life cycle: youth and courtship, wife and mother, middle age in years of crisis, and grandmother and family elder.;Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- Preface: A Woman for All Seasons -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Editorial Note -- List of Abbreviations and Short Titles -- Family Tree -- 1. Youth and Courtship, 1758-1761 -- 2. Wife and Mother, 1762-1775 -- 3. Middle Age in Years of Crisis, 1776-1793 -- 4. Grandmother and Grand Mother, 1794-1807 -- Biographical Directory -- Index of Names -- Subject Index.