Edition Bobbett2. Speeches and statements by Elizabeth F. Bobbett

1953 Dublin, Annual Meeting of the Irish Housewives’ Association

Source: Irish Times, 21.05.1953

Miss Elizabeth F. Bobbett, a candidate in the forthcoming Wicklow by-election, advocated the introduction of an up-to-date monetary system to replace "the present antiquated system created in 1694" when she spoke in Dublin last night.

In this age of industrial and mechanical development, she said, it was about time the nation had a modern monetary system. Parliament should have the power to change the laws to provide cheaper money, which could be used to create employment and reduce prices, suggested Miss Bobbett. She said she thought it was better to use money in this way to enable the people to buy food, rather than to spend it on health services and foreign drugs, which should not be necessary.

She was speaking at the annual meeting of the Irish Housewives' Association to a paper on "Production and Consumption."

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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 Dublin, Annual Meeting of the Irish Housewives’ Association, 1953, 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/1953-05-21-461.html, consulted on .

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