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Rise Up With A Song: The True Story of Ethel Smyth, Suffragette Composer
Diane Worthey
Item #:
9781638191315
Price:
$18.99
In 1867 England, girls learned to be proper and speak when
spoken to, but one girl marched to a different beat. Ethel
Smyth climbed fences, explored graveyards, and yearned to
become a famous composer at a time when only men could publish
their music. But become a composer she did, first signing her
music as E. Smyth so people couldn't guess her gender, then
eventually writing openly as a woman (but still sometimes not
getting paid!). Ethel had had enough. She joined the
suffragette movement, marching in the streets and fighting for
the right to vote. She even composed the famous song "March of
the
Women" and directed it from her cell window with a
toothbrush for a baton when she was put into prison.
Rise Up With a Song tells Smyth's remarkable story and
brings to life the woman who used her music to change the fate
of women around the world. The book also includes a timeline of
Ethel's musical life, a list of famous works, and a
facsimile of her famous "March of the Women."
Book, 32 pages.
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