Edition Bobbett2. Speeches and statements by Elizabeth F. Bobbett

1935 Annacurra, Meeting of the United Farmers’ Protection Association

Source: Wicklow People, 21.12.1935

Miss Elizabeth Bobbett, County Secretary to the Association, gave a detailed account of the work done by the association since it was started about four years ago. She said the main object of the association when first started was to find relief for farmers with frozen loans and bank debts, and pointed out the unfair burdens they were shouldering due to the present money system. The standing committee of the United Farmers’ Protection Association having given very detailed evidence before the Banking Commission last July, were waiting for the report of the Commission with great interest. It was now the object of the association to invite every farmer in the Irish Free State to unite and send delegates to the National Farmers’ Conference to be held in Dublin next January.

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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: Speech in Annacurra, Meeting of the United Farmers’ Protection Association, 1935, 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/1935-12-21-272.html, consulted on .

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