Edition Bobbett1. Texts by Elizabeth F. Bobbett: 1.1.3. Correspondence, Letters to newspapers

1940 Elizabeth Bobbett: Letter to the Leinster Leader, 14.12.1940

Sir. I regret that owing to lack of time I could not send you the report of our last meeting of our National Executive, but I notice that some county papers repeated it from what was published in the daily press, and for which interest my members are thankful to the county Press as you always give us a fair space and report.

I wish however to make a correction as to the resolution regarding rates which was mutilated by the daily Press. The resolution as passed at our meeting was as follows: “That we condemn as unjust and immoral the rates on agricultural land with the uneconomic price for agricultural products, as constituting a penal impost on the small income of the average farmer, and does not leave him a reasonable sum to maintain himself and his family in ordinary frugal comfort.” Yours, etc. Elizabeth F. Bobbett, General Secretary. Springfield, Kilbride, Wicklow.

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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: Letter to the Leinster Leader, 14.12.1940, 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/1940-12-14-365.html, consulted on .

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