You know... Jesus was kind of the first women's rights activist. He was always trying to make women equal with men and he always described them as being that way. If I remember correctly he said something to the effect of

"Men and Women are equal because Women came from Man's rib, and Men are Born of Women"

That's definitly no where near a textual quote but that's the way I remember it... I know it's in there. And I'm sure some of the early church leaders where Racist/Sexist too... That's just human nature.