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1933 Elizabeth Bobbett: Letter to the Wicklow County Council, 29.09.1933

Source: Wicklow County Archives (WCA), County Council Minutes, 1933/1934, p. 333, 30.10.1933

The Secretary, Wicklow County Council, Wicklow.

A Chara. At a Meeting of the United Farmers' Protection Association, held at Barndarrig, on the 22nd instant, a Resolution was passed that this Branch request the County Council to favourably consider to accept payment of local Rates during the Economic War by instalments. Many farmers stated they were unable to pay a penny rates owing to the economic depression, others stated that although they had stock to sell they failed to get buyers. As for grain, the sale price is still unsettled. From every point of view the acceptance of rates by instalments is advisable. Mise, le meas, Elizabeth F. Bobbett, Secretary, Barndarrig Branch.

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This volume of Elizabeth F. Bobbett’s writings and speeches is divided into four parts. The first section comprises 321 texts written by her. The second part contains 150 speeches and statements by Bobbett, most of which were published in newspapers. Part 3 contains 727 texts written about Bobbett by contemporaries of her or addressed to her. Finally, Part 4 is a collection of 50 source texts that are important for understanding Elizabeth F. Bobbett’s activism. Parts 3 and 4 will be made available online in March 2027.

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Elizabeth Bobbett: Letter to the Wicklow County Council, 29.09.1933, in: Peter Moser (ed.), In her own Words. The Writings of Elizabeth F. Bobbett (1898-1971). Farmer, Feminist and Public Figure, Bern, 2026, https://www.histoirerurale.ch/editions/pages/bobbett/1933-09-29-2.html, consulted on .

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