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

1936 Elizabeth Bobbett: Letter to M. A. Codd, in: Wicklow People, 27.06.1936

We, the County Wicklow farmers, milk and butter producers and ratepayers, under present agricultural conditions, find it impossible to meet our present liabilities without the further impost of the levy on farmers’ butter. We appeal through you to the County Committee of Agriculture to do their utmost to get County Wicklow immediately exempt from the levy on farmers butter. Until this is granted we strongly protest against butter classes being held in the county. What is the use of learning to make what we can’t sell (and the ratepayers paying for the teaching)? Please do not look on this appeal in a personal manner. You and all former instructresses are held in the highest esteem and you have reason to be proud of Barndarrig for producing the winner of the gold medal in RDS a few years ago.1

1 - The letter was handed over to M. A. Codd by Elizabeth Bobbett in the name of the Barndarrig Branch of the United Farmers’ Protection Association; it was published in the Wicklow People as part of a report about the meeting of the UFPA Barndarrig Branch, 27.06.1936.

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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.

Suggested citation

Elizabeth Bobbett: Letter to M. A. Codd, in: Wicklow People, 27.06.1936, 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/1936-06-27-359.html, consulted on .

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