By Hadley Meares — 2016
Hildegard of Bingen fought the patriarchy from her cloister.
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CLEAR ALL
You might think being a nun is very difficult and restrictive, but for them, ironically, it’s actually freedom from the alternative, which would be to get married, have a child every other year, work in the fields, work in the home, take care of their aged families, often while married to someone...