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

1971 Elizabeth Bobbett: Letter to the Irish Independent, 21.01.1971

Summer Time

It appears the British Government is going back to Greenwich Time this year, having been convinced that the extra hour’s Summer Time was a great hardship when kept on for the Winter months.

It is overdue that our Government give us back our normal time. Can anyone say how the present Time has been an advantage in any way? In what way did it help or hinder the economy of the country? Has the loss of energy effect on workers by having to start work 1 hour and 25 minutes before our Natural time ever been evaluated? Look what amount of electricity is wasted by having lights on in houses, factories and shops so early in the morning, and people who have to work out of doors have to wait for daylight. Children have to be taken out of bed when normally they would be sleeping, and taken out on dark roads to walk perhaps half a mile to get a school bus, or to walk nearly three miles to school as some of them will not qualify to be taken up on the school bus.

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 the Irish Independent, 21.01.1971, 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/1971-01-21-269.html, consulted on .

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