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1947 Elizabeth Bobbett: Letter to the Irish Times, 17.09.1947

The Dollar Crisis

Sir. We hear a lot these days about dollars and sterling – how we must protect sterling, etc. To many it sounds very mysterious. Perhaps some of your readers would give us the following explanations.

We know that dollars and sterling are connected with money. Who invented money? Why was it invented? What is its value? Who controls its value? We know that the produce of the land is valuable. We can eat it, and we can clothe ourselves with it and keep ourselves warm and sheltered. Can we do those things with sterling? If we bury it in the ground, will it produce more?

If sterling and dollars are just a system of accountancy, controlled by a few internationals, surely our legislators are capable of giving us a system of finance to suit the needs of the country. Yours, etc., Elizabeth F. Bobbett, Springfield, Wicklow, September, 14th, 1947.

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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 Irish Times, 17.09.1947, 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/1947-09-17-149.html, consulted on .

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