History of Women in Christianity
https://www.christianhistoryinstitute.org/magazine/article/women-in-the-early-church/
"The involvement of women continued in the first few decades of the church,
attested by both biblical and extra-biblical sources. A number of women served as
leaders of the house churches that sprang up in the cities of the Roman Empire
—the list includes Priscilla, Chloe, Lydia, Apphia, Nympha, the mother of John Mark,
and possibly the “elect lady” of John’s second epistle.
In the 2nd century, Clement of Alexandria wrote that the apostles were accompanied
on their missionary journeys by women who were not marriage partners,
but colleagues, “that they might be their fellowministers in dealing with housewives.
It was through them that the Lord’s teaching penetrated also the women’s quarters
without any scandal being aroused.
We also know the directions about women Deacons
which are given by the Paul in his letter to Timothy."