It's not like the traditional regime utterly banned all women from pursuing various intellectual and/or artistic endeavors. Within the predominant order of women at home nurturing the family while men ventured out in various endeavors of life (political, intellectual, artistic, business, etc.), there was room for the exceptions, and they were more or less not only permitted, but often admired & celebrated as such. As usual, this isn't enough for Leftists, who demand sociopolitical transformation involving eradication of the old order, not accommodation.