Edition Bobbett2. Speeches and statements by Elizabeth F. Bobbett

1937 Barniskey, Meeting of the Irish Farmers’ Federation

Source: Wicklow People, 20.11.1937

Miss Elizabeth Bobbett read the main objects of the IFF and stressed the fact that the IFF had been registered as a trade union last April, and therefore it was non-political and had been in existence before the elections. We have farmers of all political opinions in the federation and we can agree. It is up to the farmers to make the IFF a success, and it is growing fast. We have decided in County Wicklow to make a house to house call on farmers and ask them to enroll, and we expect representatives from every parish in every county to attend our National Convention in Dublin on 6th 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 Barniskey, Meeting of the Irish Farmers’ Federation, 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/1937-11-20-285.html, consulted on .

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