He hasn't seen one yet that has knocked him over with its balance and insight. Such lists better reflect upon the people making them than what is historically important. While finding these types of lists depressing, Rosenzweig is less harsh. This is a public list - public achievement in the public realm. If you didn't have women out there in those roles, you aren't going to have them in the questionnaire or in the responses.
History is a powerful tool.
It's used to shape our values and that translates into whose work is valued and whose is not. Old grade-school readers portrayed women only as passive mothers or teachers. Boys, unlike girls, were active. Men were always professional and portrayed as doing something important. The women's movement lobbied hard to change women's image in those textbooks so that young women would see themselves as doers, not just receivers and caretakers.