Maximum opportunity for women, as evidenced in the more advanced state of women's rights in most other developed countries, is a function of politics so I'm not sure how you're going to arrive there without engaging in the political process. The historical advancement of women has come from the women's movements which were always political. Women's second-class status in American society is entirely and only a question of politics. Women provide their own opportunities themselves through their political action. History has demonstrated this and there's no getting around it. Women will have to force the issue because American men, in particular right-wing, white American men are socially backward-thinking as are white, right-wing "conservative" women.
I use quotation marks because the Republicans are not about conservation by any definition of the word. They're open fascists.