Looks like Catherine Booth co-founded the Salvation Army and was a preacher. Here is something from their own site regarding their history:

http://www.salvationarmyusa.org/ind/www_ind.nsf/stc-vw-sublinks/80256E520050A2E280256C18005B6F8D?openDocument

> started the Salvation Army, but his wife
> Catherine, I'm sure helped heaps!

> Also what do you mean by subservient?

> compliant and obedient to authority (which
> is fine)

> or did you mean:

> slavish: abjectly submissive; characteristic
> of a slave or servant;

> If you mean the latter then I definately
> disagree, as I don't see women who don't
> agree with becoming a priest or being the
> head of their household as abjectly
> submissive.

> Men may have doubted (about Jesus), but gee
> whiz they certainly made up for it
> afterwards!

> Also if you look at the Books written about
> women, they were very compliant and obedient
> to authority, they certainly weren't a model
> of women's rights by any means. Not that
> Esther didn't bend the rules a bit
> (appearing before the King unannounced.)

> Women leaders in other area's politically,
> ruling governments, hmmm, I haven't even
> begun to consider or think about. But I
> don't see how it implies that it's okay to
> be a Pastor, or Priest just because there
> have been women in politics.