Edition Bobbett2. Speeches and statements by Elizabeth F. Bobbett

1939 Mullingar, Farmers’ Meeting

Source: Westmeath Independent, 16.12.1939

Miss Elizabeth Bobbett said that in affiliating with the Farmers’ Federation the other Associations were only asked to voice their demands through the Federation, but not to be controlled by the Federation. Their aim was that the 26 counties should be together in one organisation. The Federation had no intention of trying to put the Government out of office, and did not want to do so. They were keeping strictly to trades union lines. The Federation offered the Minister for Agriculture full co-operation in increasing the food production of the nation, but their co-operation was declined.

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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 Mullingar, Farmers’ Meeting, 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/1939-12-16-432.html, consulted on .

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