Impressions that Remained: Memoirs

Mujeres compositoras: un enfoque pedagógico sobre cómo presentar al alumnado de secundaria referentes femeninos. El caso de Ethel Smyth.

“…Porque he dirigido mis propias óperas y me gustan los perros ovejeros, porque generalmente visto tweeds y acostumbro a ir a conciertos por la tarde, donde también he dirigido algunos, porque era un militante sufragista y aproveché la oportunidad de marcar el tiempo de «La marcha de las Mujeres» desde la ventana de mi celda en Holloway Prisión con un cepillo de dientes; porque he escrito libros, discursos, y no siempre me aseguro de llevar el sombrero recto sobre la cabeza, por estas y otras razones igualmente pertinentes, en cierto sentido soy muy conocida (Smyth, 2008).…”

Ghost shockers: A parable of lesbian life

“…Her first book, Impressions That Remained, in which she writes passionately and candidly of youthful love affairs with women during the 1880s and 1990s, had just been published. 4 On meeting Somerville, she recorded in her diary, 'I thought her a little dry and the most shy and reserved person I ever saw, but I clung to the impression gained from Irish 10 Downloaded by [University of Sherbrooke] at 13:08 12 April 2015…”

Smyth the anarchist: fin-de-siècle radicalism in The Wreckers

“…47 Brewster held what Smyth called 'unusual views concerning the bond between man and wife', epitomised by his declaration to her that, 'If either of the couple should weary of married life, or care for someone else, it was understood that the bond was dissoluble'. 48 Smyth met Brewster and Julia in Florence in 1882, when she was 'quite carried off my feet by the impersonal magnificence and daring of their outlook'. 49 Smyth fell in love with Julia (one of successive lesbian amours); Brewster fell in love with Smyth.…”