Edition Bobbett2. Speeches and statements by Elizabeth F. Bobbett

1943 Dublin, Meeting of the Irish Farmers’ Federation Executive

Source: Irish Independent, 19.10.1943

Miss Elizabeth F. Bobbett (secretary) said that districts in Wicklow in which the yield was from two to eight barrels per acre were now included in the wheat scheme. Mr. Eamon de Valera had had “the cheek” to say that the farmers had failed the country when it was he himself who had failed.

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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.

Suggested citation

Elizabeth Bobbett: Speech in Dublin, Meeting of the Irish Farmers’ Federation Executive, 1943, 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/1943-10-19-437.html, consulted on .

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