The Church was granted the power to elect and invest bishops, but the emperor could invest them with fiefs.
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Young people who wanted to be a priest or priestess had to be perfect in body and come from a good family. Young boys who showed talent in the scribe schools often became priests. Girls who wanted to be priestesses also went through the literacy education given to boys, the only girls who did.
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Women gained the right to vote with the 19th amendment opening up an array of opportunities for them.