Remembering Biblical Women at Easter

In her Huffington Post article, April D. DeConick writes about remembering Biblical women during Easter celebrations, instead of concentrating on the men. She draws upon the Bible passage that mentions a group of women that watched Christ crucified and who annointed his body and buried him. Why do we not concentrate on the part these women played, instead focusing on his male disciples, on Judas's betrayal?

She mentions several women who she imagines would attend Jesus's execution: Mary, the mother of James and Joseph, the mother of the sons of Zebedee, Joanna, and Salome. Mary of Bethany, the sister of Lazarus. Mary Magdalene.There are other women who have not been given names, the woman Jesus met at the well in Samaria, the woman who annointed his head with nard. They are nameless and marginalized, and so we can imagine new life into them, resurrect them as silent observers to Jesus's fate.

I'm actually more interested by DeConick herself. She is a Professor of Biblical Studies at Rice University and wrote a book called 'Holy Misogyny: Why the Sex and Gender Conflicts in the Early Church Still Matter.' I may consult her work in my future paper on Mary Magdalene.