Edition Bobbett2. Speeches and statements by Elizabeth F. Bobbett

1939 Cork, Meeting of the Douglas Farmers’ Union

Source: Cork Examiner, 09.10.1939

Miss Elizabeth F. Bobbett, Wicklow, General Secretary and one of the founders of the Irish Farmers’ Federation, then addressed the meeting and dealt with a number of points raised during the course of the discussions on the various resolutions. They were told, she said, that there was going to be a good deal of unemployment, and asked where could employment be increased. “Only on the land,” she answered, and added that farmers were prepared to take on extra hands if they were able to pay them. The flight from the land had been due to farmers’ sons and daughters seeing that they were working for nothing and they had got no encouragement to stay on the land. She thought that whatever differences existed amongst farmers in the past had now almost entirely disappeared. There were branches of their Federation in every county with the exception of five, and it was hoped to bring in these counties in the near future. She appealed to the farmers of Cork to establish a strong branch of the Federation.

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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 Cork, Meeting of the Douglas Farmers’ Union, 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/1939-10-09-314.html, consulted on .

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