Women in LOTR

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I thought it was cool that something like three women ruled over Numenor...

On a side note, I find it interesting that little is mentioned of dwarf-women...

"It was said by Gimli that there are few dwarf-women, probably no more than a third of the whole people. They seldom walk abroad except at great need. They are in voice and appearance, so like to the dwarf-men that the eyes and ears of other peoples cannot tell them apart. This has given rise to the foolish opinion among men that there are no dwarf-women, and that the Dwarves 'grow out of stone'.
"It is because of the fewness of women among them that the kind of the Dwarves increases slowly, and is in peril when they have no secure dwellings. For Dwarves take only one wife or husband each in their lives, and are jealous, as in all matters of their rights. The number of dwarf-men that marry is actually less that one-third. Tor not all the women take husbands: some desire none; some desire one that they cannot get, and so will have no other. As for the men, very many also do not desire marriage, being engrossed in their crafts."

-Return of the King, Appendix A, p. 449

Cool to hear about something unheard of in the regular text, but I'm rather glad it doesn't mention orc-women, assuming they exist (and you women thought you had it bad! Well, a few of you ).