Edition Bobbett2. Speeches and statements by Elizabeth F. Bobbett

1953 Rathdrum, By-election Meeting

Source: Irish Press, 05.06.1953

Miss Elizabeth F. Bobbett, Independent Farmer, speaking at Rathdrum last night, said the Government was blamed for raising the interest rates, but she held it was the Bank of England that controlled our money and the interest. Our people in parliament must come together to amend the money law and use our credit for the benefit of the country. Referring to unemployment she said that if prices enabled farmers to employ one man more for all the year round it would go a long way to solve the unemployment problem. Miss Bobbett, who spoke from the Fianna Fail platform, thanked Mr. Erskine Childers for the facility he had given her.

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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 Rathdrum, By-election Meeting, 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/1953-06-05-345.html, consulted on .

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