LOL "the woman question" and women in power was an issue. These aren't just ~case studies~ to prove the poster's point, it is actual fucking history that brought about wars (ex. Empress Matilda), intrigue (John Knox and the Queen of Scots) and literature (in Europe at least since the 1400s) and influenced politics and history itself.

Here. Read something not involving dragons: https://books.google.com/books?id=AtTGAAAAQBAJ&pg=PA4&lpg=PA4&dq=980s+european+queen+regents&source=bl&ots=LyCRZd5SnK&sig=ACfU3U2w4jb_5JzzMPotWqnzb81-uRm5-w&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiZ0Lux75fiAhXwc98KHWdNDUIQ6AEwC3oECAgQAQ#v=onepage&q=980s%20european%20queen%20regents&f=false