The Gemorah asks  "What merit do women have?" and responds "They send their children to learn in yeshiva and allow their husbands to learn far away and wait for them". This is a bizarre question. "What merit do women have"?! What about every other commandment in the Torah that they are obligated in? The Chofetz Chaim explains that the ability to live eternally after the resurrection of the dead is only possible with a connection to Torah and that's what the Gemorah was asking, considering she doesn't have a commandment in Torah and it doesn't have the merit needed. The answer given was with her facilitating Torah learning it will give her a merit on the same level as her husband or child. Alternatively, Rav Yonason Eibschutz expounds that perfection can only be met with the metaphysical benefits of Torah and the question was that women don't seem to have those benefits since they aren't commanded to learn. The response is that they can still receive the exact amazing benefits through their husbands and children as a result of their assistance and encouragement. 

Brachos 17a, Rashi ibid

אֲמַר לֵיהּ רַב לְרַבִּי חִיָּיא: נָשִׁים בְּמַאי זָכְיָין? בְּאַקְרוֹיֵי בְּנַיְיהוּ לְבֵי כְנִישְׁתָּא, וּבְאַתְנוֹיֵי גַּבְרַיְיהוּ בֵּי רַבָּנַן, וְנָטְרִין לְגַבְרַיְיהוּ עַד דְּאָתוּ מִבֵּי רַבָּנַן.

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