‘I Want Women to Turn’ — Ethel Smyth Quote Tee | Wear Words Black-on-White Statement Shirt — Muscle Tank

“I want women to turn their minds to big and difficult jobs.” Ethel Smyth wrote this in a 1902 letter to Henry Brewster, girding to cross the Atlantic and oversee her opera Der Wald at the Metropolitan Opera — where it stayed the only opera by a woman staged there until 2016. She wanted women pointed at the big, hard, consequential work: to her the difficulty was the whole invitation.

**Bella+Canvas 3483 — Muscle Tank (Black only for now, Color finish).** A white option isn’t available from our printer at the moment — we’ll add it the moment it is. 100% combed & ring-spun cotton, 4.2 oz, 30 singles. Unisex muscle fit, crew neck, cut-off sleeves, wide armholes, side-seamed, pre-shrunk. Care: machine wash cold with like colors, tumble dry low, no bleach, cool iron inside-out (never iron the print).