No doubt about that..Hatshepsut comes to mind..in terms of Ancient Egyptian history..but it all changed..the medieval period rapidly progressed to a more patriarchal society..particularly in Western society..even under English queens Mary Queen of Scots and Elizabeth I..and more relatively recent queens Victoria.. Land ownership is a particularly interesting thing to look at during this latter part.. Another is education..which is more relevant to the discussion here..for instance it wasn’t until 1959 that Oxford University granted the five women's societies full collegiate status..and that uni has been around since 1200s! So unless you were born into privilege..or 2000 years ago..it was difficult to improve one’s status and intellectual pursuits if one was a woman.. And if one wanted to change this through say voting for someone in parliament who believed in the same ideas..they couldn’t do that either..because they were not afforded the vote.. Heck it wasn’t until 1918 women were given the vote in England..so too ALL men over 21 (male landowners had been voting since 1832 after the British Reform Bill..prior to that voting was grossly slanted to the privileged) however women had to wait till they were 30, owned a house (fat chance) or was married to someone who did (with a certain value)..10 years later they were given the same rights.. I mean it is undeniable in Modern History women weren’t given the same opportunities.. thankfully most parts of the world it has changed and is changing..but yet the archaic stigmas still exists..
And just back to the Middle East I wouldn’t say in more recent times women have been afforded the same opportunities as men..
