Forced into a cloister, Arcangela wrote angry tracts against this practice. This is the cloister of Sant'Anna where she lived.

Cecilia ran a house that took in orphan girls, though she was also arrested for pretending to be a holy woman. This is the Church of San Lio where she was baptized.

First praised for her singing at the gatherings at her house, Barbara became a very prolific composer.

Giovanna made a painting of saints that protected her neighbors from the bubonic plague. This plaque at the entrance to the courtyard commemorates the miracles there.

A singing prodigy, Antonia later wrote chamber music and an opera after fleeing Venice for Paris to escape her husband.

Elena was the first women in the world to earn a university degree through her intelligence and dedicated scholarship.

Women like Elena Crusichi and Orsetta Garzolo worked as herbalists and healers, while Teresa Ployant, Benedetta Trevisan, and many others served as midwives, healing and easing others' pain.

A painter and pastellist, Rosalba helped to shape the Roccoco movement. In this self-portrait, she holds a portrait of her sister.

Though an orphan at the Pieta, Anna Maria became a violin virtuoso and teacher and had numerous works written for her by her teacher Antonio Vivaldi. This shows the back of the Ospedale della Pieta where she played.