Wow Lilmod,
1) I assumed you to be a man! (A little too lomdish)
2) I’m not saying women aren’t lomdish, just more men are so don’t get upset
3) the chabad.org website isn’t reliable because the Gemara which says men shouldn’t walk behind a woman which came at the same time as Torah shebiksav
4)Google ladies first origin, that will come up but a story will also come up about how it all started (too bad I can’t post links)
5) a Google search brought to this cr topic which is very apropos
http://www.theyeshivaworld.com/coffeeroom/topic/walking-behind-a-woman
I have to go now, and it’s very hard to rebut on my phone so until later