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Smyth

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Smyth  (smth, smth), Dame Ethel Mary 1858-1944.
British composer and writer whose March of the Women (1911) served as an anthem for the suffrage movement in England.
Smyth [smaɪð]
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(Biographies / Smyth, Ethel (Mary) (1858-1944) F, British, MUSIC: composer, POLITICS: suffragist) Dame Ethel (Mary). 1858-1944, British composer, best known for her operas, such as The Wreckers (1906). She was imprisoned for supporting the suffragette movement
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