Edition Bobbett2. Speeches and statements by Elizabeth F. Bobbett

1938 Ardmore, Muintir na Tire Rural Week

Source: Irish Press, 03.09.1938

Miss Elizabeth F. Bobbett, Wicklow, Secretary, Irish Farmers' Federation, said that women on Irish farms were so burdened with work that they would not have time to spare for the organisation mentioned by Miss Walsh. However, if economic conditions improved they would welcome such an organisation. The dairy farmers’ great difficulty was their inability to dispose of surplus milk. In Dublin and Wicklow farmers had signed contracts, but the buyer often didn’t take all for which he contracted. She suggested that the Milk Board should set up a department in Dublin to take the milk from the farmers and give it to the distributing firms.

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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 Ardmore, Muintir na Tire Rural Week, 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/1938-09-03-294.html, consulted on .

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