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

1969 Elizabeth Bobbett: Letter to May Beveridge, 03.08.1969

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

My dear May. Many thanks for your letter from Waterford, but sorry to hear you both had tummy upsets. Probably eating too late at night. I was wondering if your Coffee kept hot for you.

So glad you found your dear Mother’s grave and were able to arrange about headstone. Certainly your friend Aiden did not lose time about looking it up. I have written five letters since dinner to-day, I sent off the £1 you gave me for Masses to my friend in India to say one for repose of Kathleen Beveridge’s soul and one for your intentions and good health.

I also sent him £1 to say a Mass for the wonderful recovery of Tom Nolan’s sister, a nun, whom we thought there was no hope for, and now since her last operation when the doctors must have found the real cause, an abscess on the pancreas, she is able to be up and out in the garden and expects to be discharged from hospital next week, she has been in hospital since about 24th March and had three operations. I also asked him to say one for my intentions.

I sent the money 18/- to The Word and told them to send the account next year direct to you to Canada. We had much rain Friday night and Saturday morning but very fine since then. It is just starting to rain now 6 pm. This letter may find you at Limerick. No post goes out till Tuesday here. Hope you are having a nice time in spite of the rain.

Re very early Sewing machine of Mary Dowling Beveridge and her daughter KAY (now ours in Canada).

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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, 03.08.1969, 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/1969-08-03-259.html, consulted on .

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