If one looks at every stratum of Adventist executive leadership it appears that women are significantly underrepresented. The historical position of Adventists to women in leadership differs substantially from the current position. In 1890 women filled 15% of the administrative positions in the North American Conferences, a movement that was a mere 27 years in existence. More than 20 SDA women served as licensed ministers at the time. The church almost ordained women as full-fledged ministers as early as 1881, in fact, the General Conference Resolution was to do just that: ”RESOLVED, That females possessing the necessary qualifications to fill that position, may, with perfect propriety, be set apart by ordination to the work of the Christian ministry.