pstrongThe first-ever picture book about Ethel Smyth, the world-famous composer and suffragette!strongppBrave women in history are examples that help us to be brave in the present. Learning about Ethel Smyth will be life-changing right now. strong--Gloria Steinemstrongpp Astirring tribute to a free-spirited composer who rode roughshod over her time'sconstraints on women....A rare nod to a now but undeservedly obscure artist, eloquent and inspirational.--iKirkus Reviewsi, starred reviewppIn 1867 England, a girl learned to be proper and speak when spoken to. But one girl marched to a emdifferentem 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, marchin