Does the Church view marriage as the pinnacle of success for women?

Dr Belle Tindall says it’s time for the Church to stop alienating women who are not in families

You could say that I’m quite a ‘successful’ person. 

I mean that in the shallowest, most 2D and ‘worldly’ of senses. I think, to be more accurate, you could say that I’ve done alright professionally (again, in a sort of narrow, worldly, 2D kind of fashion). I’m a doctor (of biblical studies, just to be clear. My doctorate is about as medically relevant as that of Friends character Ross Gellar) and a full-time writer, scholar and podcaster. Which is pretty pinch-me-worthy, I must admit. Somehow, I seem to have achieved dreams I didn’t even know I had, found myself in rooms I never would have thought possible. I guess that’s what I mean when I say I’m ‘successful’.