Drawers came about in the late 18th century for females, however they weren't a commonality until around 1830 when women began to wear drawers/pantaloons/pantalettes almost all the time.

When did people start wearing drawers?

From Victorian times into the 1930s, men had mostly worn tight-fitting knee-length flannel "drawers" beneath their pants and donned similarly snug flannel tops as undershirts. This state of affairs doesn't sound too comfy, but things got a little more breathing room in 1925.

What did people wear before drawers?

Men wore shirts and braies (medieval underpants resembling modern-day shorts), and women a smock or chemise and no pants. That's all we have known about medieval underwear, but now, because of archaeological finds in East Tyrol, Austria, we have a better idea of what some women wore underneath their dresses.