Elizabeth Drinker's Revolution

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dc.contributor.authorHulett, Elizabeth McLeniganen
dc.contributor.committeechairEkirch, A. Rogeren
dc.contributor.committeememberTracy, Patricia L.en
dc.contributor.committeememberThorp, Daniel B.en
dc.contributor.departmentHistoryen
dc.date.accessioned2014-03-14T21:49:03Zen
dc.date.adate2008-11-07en
dc.date.available2014-03-14T21:49:03Zen
dc.date.issued1996-04-05en
dc.date.rdate2008-11-07en
dc.date.sdate2008-11-07en
dc.description.abstractA central concern in the field of women's history has been what effect, if any, did the American Revolution have on the lives of women. One way to further our knowledge of women in the eighteenth century is to study individual women. Elizabeth Drinker is an ideal individual to study in this regard because of the diary she wrote from 1758-1807. The first chapter concentrates on the entries she wrote before the American Revolution, the second, on the years during the war, and the third, on the years immediately following the war. Chapter one portrays a wealthy Quaker women leading a privileged life whose main concern was the health and happiness of her family. She has little contact with matters outside of her immediate concern. The second chapter finds Elizabeth surrounded by tumult that the American Revolution brought to her home in Philadelphia. She did her best to be as little affected by the war as possible, but was forced to act as head of her household after her husband, Henry, was imprisoned by the American government. She became a political being when she lobbied Congress for her husband's release. The third chapter finds Henry safely home and Elizabeth happily returned to her former position as homemaker. The American Revolution had no lasting effect on Elizabeth's life because of her status as a Quaker. She already had the education and high status that Quaker women enjoyed, and which most other women had to wait until after the war to receive.en
dc.description.degreeMaster of Artsen
dc.format.extentiv, 116 leavesen
dc.format.mediumBTDen
dc.format.mimetypeapplication/pdfen
dc.identifier.otheretd-11072008-063430en
dc.identifier.sourceurlhttp://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-11072008-063430/en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10919/45469en
dc.language.isoenen
dc.publisherVirginia Techen
dc.relation.haspartLD5655.V855_1996.H854.pdfen
dc.relation.isformatofOCLC# 34937196en
dc.rightsIn Copyrighten
dc.rights.urihttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/en
dc.subjectQuakersen
dc.subjectAmerican Revolutionen
dc.subjectGenderen
dc.subjectreligionen
dc.subjectWomenen
dc.subject.lccLD5655.V855 1996.H854en
dc.titleElizabeth Drinker's Revolutionen
dc.typeThesisen
dc.type.dcmitypeTexten
thesis.degree.disciplineHistoryen
thesis.degree.grantorVirginia Polytechnic Institute and State Universityen
thesis.degree.levelmastersen
thesis.degree.nameMaster of Artsen

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