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

1967 Elizabeth Bobbett: Letter to May Beveridge, 29.05.1967

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

My dear May. I received your letter and also the one to Kay on Saturday 27 May. There were posted by you on 24th May, very quick delivery! You will have received my green shortie before now telling you dearest Kay was gone to St Michaels Hospital Dun Laoghaire. She went to hospital on 24th May and was very poorly leaving here, though she walked down stairs with help, but was put on stretches in the sun-parlour and taken to the ambulance on the road. I saw her on Thursday in hospital and she seemed very comfortable and had a good night and was happy. She was x-rayed Thursday morning. I went up yesterday Sunday and she did not look at all as good as on Thursday and was in great pain in her back. The poor darling wanted me to bring her back here with me, but of course I could not. She was able to read all your letters and sent special thanks to Stephen for his card. She said there was no sense in you coming over just now as she will be several weeks we expect in hospital, so it would be better if you come later on when she could enjoy your visit. It is so kind of you to offer to come help me nurse her, but there is nothing you could do at present to help I don’t bother taking other paying guests if I am looking after Kay. She is my first thought, to keep her happy.

I have two of my old Paying Guests coming one in July first two weeks and one in September first week. I won’t book others till I see how Kay goes on.

If they can cure the pain in her back, I have every hope she will pull up again, but if she has to be kept under strong pills, I could not see her lasting months. She has got very thin and eating very little food, the one raw egg taken with a drop of sherry over it, is the most nourishment she takes in the day. I shall be going up to-morrow evening to see her and will write you again on Wednesday.

Love to you all. From Lillie.

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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, 29.05.1967, 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/1967-05-29-241.html, consulted on .

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