What Is a Woman's Role in Judaism?: Special mitzvahs of Jewish women and what they mean to us
The unique role of the Jewish woman is described in terms of three archetypical mitzvahs—Shabbat candles, family purity and kosher. How do traditional ideas of Jewish femininity compare to modern feminist ideas about the role of women in society?
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Mrs. Bronya Shaffer is a noted globetrotting lecturer on Jewish women's issues, and serves as a personal counselor and mentor for women, couples and adolescents. Mrs. Shaffer, a responder for Chabad.org’s Ask the Rabbi service, lives with her ten children in Crown Heights, Brooklyn.
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"The future world, however, will be a time when all is Sabbath, and as the prophet foretold, "The light of the moon will be like the light of the sun" (Isaiah 30:26). At that time, the inequality between man and woman will likewise be eradicated.
We are rapidly approaching the Messianic Age, when the curse associated with Adam's sin will be removed. Once the curse is eliminated, woman's status will also change profoundly. Our sages thus teach us, "All will be healed, except for the serpent." This change in woman's status. may be alluded to in the prophecy "For G-d will create a new thing, a woman shall court a man" (Jeremiah 31:22)." -Quoted from Immortality, Resurrection, and the Age of the Universe: A Kabbalistic View, by Aryeh Kaplan