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

1952 Elizabeth Bobbett: Letter to the Irish Independent, 25.11.1952

Price of Eggs

Elizabeth F. Bobbett, Springfield, Kilbride, County Wicklow, in the course of a letter writes: “Harassed Housekeeper” thinks the price of eggs is outrageous, having been charged 6s 6d a dozen for them in Arklow. She also thinks the prices for butter, sugar, bread, bacon and tea are unjust and outrageous in an agricultural country. We don’t grow tea here, and one would imagine that all we had to do being an agricultural country was to shake the bushes and the goods would fall at our feet. I would advise “Harassed Housekeeper” to buy four or six nice pullets now and keep them for 12 months and then write to the papers and tell us her profits and, if she intends to increase her flock. I will be pleased to sell her some hens or pullets if she wants them.

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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 Independent, 25.11.1952, 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/1952-11-25-186.html, consulted on .

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