Gender Equality throughout History

[Kelenas]

Well, I've been going through a lot of my Fantasy-CRPGs again, where females usually have the same rights, freedoms and opportunities as males, even in medieval settings, and one of my usual stray thoughts hit me; what would our history have looked liked, if gender equality had been an established part throughout European history, with women free to chose whatever profession they wished and reach what heights they could?

- Kelenas