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Probably not the first advocates for equality, but they definitely qualify as interesting; the cathers.

Although the genders weren't strictly equal in catharism as parfaits (male members of the cather elect) and parfaites (women in the elect) had varying career prospects.

Although much later the levellers advocated for the social equality of women during the English revolution.