Elizabeth Drinker
/Overview
Elizabeth Drinker (née Sandwith) born Philadelphia, PA February 27, 1735 (d. 1806). Quaker pacifist diarist. Petitioned for release of conscientious objectors. Suffered 70 windows broken, front door mashed for not lighting candles for victory, 1781; Opposed all military service, American and French Revolutions; against Fourth of July celebrations.
Quotations
On carnival by British officers in Philadelphia: “How insensible these people appear, while our land is so greatly desolated, and death and sore destruction has overtaken and impends over so many.” (diary, May 16, 1778)