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

1968 Elizabeth Bobbett: Letter to the Wicklow People, 23.03.1968

I thank and congratulate your writer on his article on Summer Time in The Wicklow People of 16th March.

I think it is a most unjust measure to have brought in, and will inflict much hardship on children if it is made compulsory all year round.

What advantage has it anyway? It is no saving of light as it was when first invented during World War I.

Having been put on so early in February we used much more light at a time when electricity was almost rationed.

I say it is a crime against nature. We have not got the climate of other European countries. Just notice how you feel if you are one of us outdoor workers, at say 9.20 a.m., and think that if you were on our natural time it would be 8.05 a.m., and what energy you have at 9.30 a.m. would be with you at 8.05 a.m. instead of which you possibly feel tired or yawning and no energy. I know my cows don’t like being put up off their nice warm bed to be milked, and my hens dont want to go to bed in good daylight.

Above all, it is not toxx be tolerated to compel the children to keep this unnatural time in winter. The Bill is not passed yet, and I hope it will be well discussed and many alterations made in it.

We spent hundreds of years fighting till we got free from British rule, and now it seems we must copy everything they do.

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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 Wicklow People, 23.03.1968, 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/1968-03-23-407.html, consulted on .

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