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

1938 Elizabeth Bobbett: Letter to the Wicklow County Council, 02.04.1938

Source: Wicklow County Archives (WCA), County Council Minutes, 1937/38, p. 830, 11.04.1938

The following letter was submitted: The Irish Farmers’ Federation. Springfield, Kilbride, Wicklow, 2nd April, 1938.

A Chara. The following resolution was passed at a meeting of the above held in Rathdrum on the 25th March. “That we ask the County Council to receive a small deputation at their next meeting to explain the hardships and loss to farmers by forcing them to sell immature stock to pay rates, and asking for an extension for payment of rates till 30th June, 1938.” Mise, le meas,

Elizabeth F. Bobbett, County Secretary.

P. T. Healy, Esq., County Secretary, Wicklow County Council, Wicklow.

Order: The Council regret that they have no powers which might be used in extending the period for the collection of the 1937/38 rates to this date mentioned.

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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, 02.04.1938, 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/1938-04-02-30.html, consulted on .

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