Edition Bobbett2. Speeches and statements by Elizabeth F. Bobbett

1938 Cavan, Meeting of the County Cavan Farmers’ Trade Union

Source: Anglo Celt, 21.05.1938

Miss Elizabeth F. Bobbett, Kilbride, County Wicklow, Secretary, National Executive Irish Farmers’ Federation, wrote that the Programme of the County Cavan Farmers’ Trade Union was before the annual meeting of the Federation and approved of in a general way, but there was some difference of opinion as to the setting up of a Council of Agriculture and it was the feeling of the great majority that the farmers’ themselves were the proper persons to elect such a Council, which should be selected from the Irish Farmers’ Federation as representing the organised farmers of the State. She added that most of the items included in the Cavan Programme were embodied in the rules of the Federation, a registered Trade Union. These rules had been drawn up after considerable trouble and careful thought; they covered a wide field and it was for any county or association that wished to affiliate with the Federation to accept the rules and to adhere to them, otherwise they could not get the protection of the Trade Union Acts. As General Secretary she was bound to keep a register of the names of all members and she wanted the names and addresses of the members of the County Cavan Farmers’ Trade Union as soon as possible.

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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.

Suggested citation

Elizabeth Bobbett: Speech in Cavan, Meeting of the County Cavan Farmers’ Trade Union, 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/1938-05-21-418.html, consulted on .

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