The document provides biographical information on several notable women artists from the Medieval, Renaissance, Baroque, and Neoclassical periods, including Hildegard of Bingen, Properzia de Rossi, Levina Teerlinc, Caterina van Hemessen, Sofonisba Anguissola, Lavinia Fontana, Artemisia Gentileschi, and Angelica Kauffmann. It describes their backgrounds, artistic training and styles, major works, and accomplishments within the patriarchal society and institutions of their time periods.