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

1939 Elizabeth Bobbett: Letter to the Wicklow County Council, 26.06.1939

Source: Wicklow County Archives (WCA), County Council Minutes, 1939/40, p. 15, 21.08.1939

Springfield, Kilbride, Wicklow, 26th June, 1939.

Dear Mr. Healy. Will you please convey my sincere thanks to the Members of the County Council for their kind resolution of sympathy on the death of my dear mother, RIP. I regret I have been so long in answering your kind letter, but I still have over 100 letters to answer.

Yours sincerely, Elizabeth F. Bobbett.

About the digital edition

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: Letter to the Wicklow County Council, 26.06.1939, 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/1939-06-26-49.html, consulted on .

Copyright and Creative Commons Licence

This digital edition is subject to copyright and the Creative Commons licence CC-BY-SA.

Export as a TEI XML file

The edition of the writings of Elizabeth F. Bobbett can also be downloaded as a TEI XML file here.