Edition Bobbett1. Texts by Elizabeth F. Bobbett: 1.1.3. Correspondence, Letters to newspapers

1937 Elizabeth Bobbett: Letter to the Wicklow People, 13.11.1937

In the letter read from Mr. Seamus Moore, TD, at the farmers' meeting in Rathdrum on 1st November it was suggested that the meeting held on the 20th October was not representative of the farmers of the county. Allow me to state that this is not correct. I, as County Secretary of the IFF, can vouch that it was most representative of the farmers of the county, and embraced all branches of agriculture, all denominations, and, I think, all political opinions. Even farmers who were never known to attend any kind of public meeting were there. In support of this you have only to note the large attendance of farmers at the meeting on 1st November, and only for the very wet morning it would have been twice as large.

Elizabeth F. Bobbett. Springfield, Kilbride, Wicklow.

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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 People, 13.11.1937, 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/1937-11-13-362.html, consulted on .

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