Edition Bobbett2. Speeches and statements by Elizabeth F. Bobbett

1938 Wicklow, Meeting of the Irish Farmers’ Federation

Source: Irish Press, 22.02.1938

Miss Elizabeth F. Bobbett, General Secretary, said they had offered to pay 4s 6d in the £ pending de-rating. England was facing a serious position abroad and if there was a war, surely their own Government should encourage food production and not take away the means of livelihood from those who produced their food. The Federation was not out against the labourers, as some tried to represent - the farmer treated the labourer humanly, unlike Government schemes which deprived them for wet days or illness.

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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/1938-02-22-415.html, consulted on .

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