aligncare, do you know that, as the 10th child in her family, Hildegarde was "tithed" to the Church, and raised in a convent?
Because of that, she was educated, and her brilliance was allowed to flourish (in an era when most women were illiterate).
She was a philosopher, theologian, scientist, among other things, not the least of which was that she was the most prolific composer of the Middle Ages.
An AMAZING woman!
(Whom I just happened to have as the subject of a lecture last week. ^-^ )