The struggle today to reduce the so-called "gender gap" is only a continuation of what has been going on for over 100 years — even in Walther's day, 150 years ago. But Walther's insight into the driving force to promote this gives us a clear picture of what is actually going on. From Der Lutheraner vol. 26, March 1, 1870, p. 102 [EN]:
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Women's emancipation is making more and more progress. As was to be expected, it is also penetrating the church in America. For as much as one boasts that America has no state church, as Germany does, but that church and state are strictly separated here, church and religion are often used here to achieve political ends, or political principles and measures are also applied in the ecclesiastical field. Evidence for this assertion is that recently, among others, in the penitentiary of Johnson County in the state of Kansas, a woman named Lydia Sexton, who belongs to the fellowship of the United Brethren, has been employed as a chaplain. W. [Walther]
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In this case, it was the United Brethren who were filling in the "gender gap". But today, practically all external church bodies are doing the same, more or less. It seems that the "church" is actually "used here to achieve political ends." (This post is dedicated to the so-called "Women's History Month", the month of March.)
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