Elizabeth Isham

Elizabeth Isham (1609–1654) was an English intellectual, herbalist, and diarist. She is best known today for her two autobiographical diaries, which are among the earliest known examples of autobiography written by an Englishwoman. Although a wealthy woman, Anne Cotterill has said that for Isham her "mind was more to her than wealth".^[1]^: 233

^ Anne Cotterill, "Fit Words at the 'pitts brinke': The Achievement of Elizabeth Isham", Huntington Library Quarterly 73.2 (2010): 225-48. ArticleFirst. Web. 30 Oct. 2014.

[Cotterill-1] Anne Cotterill, "Fit Words at the 'pitts brinke': The Achievement of Elizabeth Isham", Huntington Library Quarterly 73.2 (2010): 225-48. ArticleFirst. Web. 30 Oct. 2014.

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