The March of the Women

The March of Women is the title of the song that was the anthem of the English women's movement. The music was written by the English composer Ethel Smyth. The song was first performed in January 1911 at a ceremony on Pall Mall in London, and again at an event for women's suffrage on March 23, 1911 in the Royal Albert Hall and was thereafter rapid spread throughout England.

Probably the most famous performance of this song took place after numerous British suffragettes were imprisoned in 1912 in London's Holloway prison. The British conductor Thomas Beecham, who visited the composer Smyth in prison, reported on this performance:

The Music of Ethel Smyth is based on a folk song theme from Abruzzo, the Cecily Hamilton highlighted the following:

• Political song
• Song 1911
• Women's History
• Work of Ethel Smyth