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

1938 Elizabeth Bobbett: Letter to the Wicklow County Council, 28.01.1938

Source: Wicklow County Archives (WCA), County Council Minutes, 1937/38, p. 799, 07.02.1938

The Secretary read the following communication: The Irish Farmers’ Federation. Secretary, Miss Elizabeth F. Bobbett, Springfield, Kilbride, Wicklow, 28th January, 1938.

Dear Mr. Healy. My Committee desire to send a Deputation to the Road Board Meeting on the 7th February, and also to the meeting of the County Council on 21st February.

Would you kindly let me know at what hour these meetings commence. Hoping my application is in time.

Yours faithfully, Elizabeth F. Bobbett, County Secretary.

P. T. Healy, Esq. Secretary, Wicklow County Council, Wicklow. The following Members of a deputation from the Irish Farmers’ Federation were present and, with the consent of the Council, submitted their views as to the amounts which the County Council ought to raise by way of rates for upkeep and maintenance of Main and County roads during the financial year 1938/1939. They submitted that the Ratepayers of the County expected a reduced rate in the ensuing year and were quite unable to shoulder the burden of a rate heavier or even as heavy as the rate assessed for the year 1937/1938: Mr. John Diver, Ardinary, Brittas Bridge, Wicklow; Mr. William McDonald, Dunganstown, Wicklow; Mr. Edward Dunne, Ballygahan, Avoca; Mr. John Dowse, Kilcavan, Carnew; Mr. Alan Hadden, Johnstown, Tinahely.

The Council proceeded to consider the Provisional Road Works Scheme as prepared and submitted by the County Surveyor in respect of the financial year which will end on the 31st March, 1939. The following Summary shows the expenditure contemplated by the County Surveyor during that financial year.

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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, 28.01.1938, 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/1938-01-28-28.html, consulted on .

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