Edition Bobbett2. Speeches and statements by Elizabeth F. Bobbett

1938 Wicklow, Meeting of the Irish Farmers’ Federation

Source: Irish Independent, 22.02.1938

Miss Elizabeth F. Bobbett, General Secretary, Irish Farmers’ Federation, said that in any action that they would take, County Wicklow had 18 counties organised behind them. England was facing a serious position abroad, and if there was a war, surely their own Government should be providing and encouraging food production, and not be taking away the means of livelihood from those who produced their food. When the people of the towns and cities run short of food, let them not blame the farmers, for they were not going to produce foodstuffs for nothing.

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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 Wicklow, Meeting of the Irish Farmers’ Federation, 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/1938-02-22-414.html, consulted on .

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