Edition Bobbett1. Texts by Elizabeth F. Bobbett: 1.1.1. Correspondence, Private letters

1966 Elizabeth Bobbett: Letter to May Beveridge, 02.12.1966

Source: Archives of Rural History (ARH), Elizabeth McLoughlin Papers

My dear May and Jim. Just a line to tell you that Kay is splendid at present, she has just finished getting a course of injections, one each week (4) which should protect her from getting cold and bronchitis this winter: she is wonderfully, active and has lost the “tiredness” bouts she used to get. Thank you both for kind thoughts and wishes and Christmas card which arrived yesterday. We are having a bad storm since yesterday, gusts of 135 miles per hour. Thank God no damage to us here.

Our farmers are having a bad time with cattle prices a flop and they can not sell them, so our National Farmers’ Association has staged several public demonstrations, and when the Minister for agriculture would not receive them, they sat in the street out side the Department for 20 days and nights, having marched from all Counties to Dublin for the demonstration.

A very happy Christmas to you all, from Lil.

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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 May Beveridge, 02.12.1966, 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/1966-12-02-239.html, consulted on .

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