An excellent article.  I am definitely getting this book.  

So much of women's ancient history in our church was destroyed by the church we can't really rely on it to give a clear picture of what women did in the past.  What ministries ordained and otherwise they were a part of.  Definitely we need to be the ones writing it now and protecting its truth.  Plenty of men and women in this age that are still willing to talk down these women as feminist fanatics.