Greece is a crossroad of cultures, it is in Europe, but also it is near Egypt and the East. So it had a big exchange of ideas and philosophy, it developped science and trade, and being surrounded by the sea, it developped maritime skills (military and trading fleet). This lasted form antiquity to modern history.
They mostly believed that women would become political and devoted to causes and participating in politics which would lead them to abandon their duties towards their homes which was mostly about things like chores and being a housewife. This was the common belief among anti-suffragists, but there were also radicals who believed even worse things.
If im correct it can be pilgrims