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

1969 Elizabeth Bobbett: Letter to Bernard Doyle, 08.01.1969

Source: Archives of Rural History (ARH), Georgina Morrissey Papers

Dear Mr. Doyle. I wish you and all your family a very happy New Year and many of them.

I thought you might like to get enclosed Photo, it forges a link in the Chain of Farmers’ Organisations. When your children grow up and take an interest in Farmers’ Organisations they can look at the photo and say “that is the little old woman who rode the White Horse through Dublin at the first Farmers’ March in 1939 and the Bishop of Killaloe Dr Fogarthy called her Joan of Arc.” All my relations and friends are delighted to hear of the Presentations and all your kind appreciation of my devotion to the cause. I often say I will write my autobiography as I still have the minute books of County Wicklow and the National minute books of the Irish Farmers’ Federation.

I hope a good number of farmers from your area will attend the East Wicklow Milk Producers Association meeting in Rathdrum next Monday 8 pm Mason’s Hall. It is advertised in Wicklow People.

Best wishes from Elizabeth F. Bobbett.

I shall be looking forward to having you and Mrs Doyle come have tea with me when days get a bit longer.

About the digital edition

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.

Suggested citation

Elizabeth Bobbett: Letter to Bernard Doyle, 08.01.1969, 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/1969-01-08-254.html, consulted on .

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