She was actually one of the apostles and Jesus was fine with women in leadership but the sect that won the battle to decide official doctrine hundreds of years after Jesus' death was patriarchal, so she was demoted in the Bible.

Also, I have a real problem with painting Eve as evil. If she hadn't eaten the apple from the tree of knowledge, humans would still be dumb as cows. I don't believe the myth, but I also don't see how anyone else can. There's no logic! Adam lets Eve persuade him to eat the apple, and is chosen to be the leader? How does a pushover have what it takes to lead? It's the same old crybaby story of lack of accountability. "She made me do it!" Uh-huh...