Would you say the same about the civil rights movement? That "crap" you're referring to would have fallen flat on its face if it hadn't connected to women of the time. Even my Catholic mother read The Feminine Mystique, and while she couldn't up-end her life because of it, she found much to agree--and regret. Because that's the way stuff works. 

Change also occurred quickly--within 50 years--whereas males had more time to become formally educated and advance professionally. That's where the "lists of famous people" come from--when generation after generation has mentors in the field. Women have only just developed their own mentors. But it'll come. It's a beautiful thing to celebrate, not denigrate.