You're right VNvet, it wasn't just about the money. It was about controlling and changing society.
First when women work, they get taxed and fleeced by the government, which gives it more tools to control and reshape society.
The second goal of feminism and women working is to weaken the family, as kids will now be raised by pre-K and K-12 system, with the influence of family on their upbringing weakened.
Those are the two reasons put forth by Aaron Russo, a successful 1980s/90s film producer (most notably Trading Places, one of the best American comedies of all time). Russo was befriended by the Rockefellers as he became culturally influential and was contemplating running as governor of Nevada.
Russo became an insider, and his friend Nick Rockefeller was openly sharing the playbook of his American oligarch plans. However being a righteous citizen, he refused to go along, and blew the whistle instead in an interview with Alex Jones, back when Jones was doing solid work, years before he sold out. Here is the 3 minute segment where Russo talks about the origins and goals of modern 2nd wave feminism, a year before he died of cancer:
A longer 13min excerpt where Russo talks about broader oligarch goals (CFR, 9/11, socialism etc):
Gay rights came about because feminism got all it wanted (women in cubicle farms, colleges, the notion of "patriarchy" prevailing in academia and the popular mindset, hostile masculine women etc), so it was time to move to a more subversive segment to spearhead the war on traditional society for total societal control.
And once gay rights were achieved, which was done 10 years ago (gay marriage, acceptance and promotion), it was time to move to trans rights, and the attack on the basic nature of gender, this is where we are today, part of the never-ending culture war and the emanation of the (((revolutionary spirit))), the deep uprooting and overhaul of traditional Christian society, which started with the French Revolution two and a half centuries ago.