I suggest that you really read accredited documents about women in the early church [by early---I mean from the time of the Apostles on].  There were NO priests in the early church.  There were no church buildings.  In the time of the Apostles and Paul----there were home churches, where Christians gathered.  The Meal [original name for the Mass---Eucharist, a Greek word that eventually became our name for Communion], was celebrated by a 'presbyter' who was chosen by the people there.  It could be a man, woman or husband-wife team.  There were bishops and deacons.  Some history citations:

1)Ute E. Eisen, WOMEN OFFICEHOLDES IN EARLY CHRISTIANITY: Epigraphical and Literary Studies, tr. Linda M. Maloney [Collegeville: Liturgical Press, 2000].

2) Kevin Madigan @ Carolyn Osiek, eds. trs. ORDAINED WOMEN IN THE EARLY CHURCH: A Documentary History [Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, 2005].