Edition Bobbett1. Texts by Elizabeth F. Bobbett: 1.1.2. Correspondence, Letters to the authorities

1936 Elizabeth Bobbett: Letter to the Wicklow County Council, 13.03.1936

Source: Wicklow County Archives (WCA), County Council Minutes, 1936/37, p. 587, 16.03.1936

The Secretary submitted the following letter: Springfield, Kilbride, Wicklow. 13th March, 1936.

The Secretary, Wicklow County Council, Wicklow.

Dear Sir. We are informed a meeting of the Wicklow County Council will be held on Monday, 16th instant, with reference to striking the rate for the coming year. A Committee of farmers representative of the County have been asked to wait on the Councillors at that meeting and place their views before them.

Yours faithfully, Elizabeth F. Bobbett, County Secretary.

The Council consented to receive a large Deputation of farmers who were present, and who, through two of their representatives, Messrs. James Kavanagh and William E. Clune, submitted their views on the necessity for the County Council not alone seeing that a higher General Rate would not be struck, but that a rate lower than that in operation in the current financial year, 1935/1936, should be adopted.

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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, 13.03.1936, 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/1936-03-13-8.html, consulted on .

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