In Acts 17:4, another scribe changed "prominent women" into "wives of prominent men." 
In each of these cases, however, it's possible to look at the manuscripts and recover the original wording.  

Early Adventism also was very egalitarian.  Most of the leadership was very young, and many young ladies were equally honored as Ministers along their male counterparts.   One need not look beyond Ellen White’s Ministerial Ordination certificates to see this.  
Is our leadership attempting to create an antiquated authoritarian hierarchical structure that Prophecy historically called “the beast?”