This image is from the cover of the music composed by Ethel Smyth for the women's suffrage movement, mentioned in a previous post on this blog. I found this picture in an article by BBC News commemorating 150 years since the birth of Smyth, one of Surrey, England's most distinguished citizens. One part of the article talks about how Smyth once conducted her tune, The March of the Women, with a toothbrush while hanging out of a window in the Holloway Prison. It doesn't say why she was imprisoned, but I have a feeling it had something to do with being a feminist.http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/surrey/7370044.stm
Excellent post! This is exactly what I want on this blog. (And that cover image is gorgeous.)
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