by the way, i finally got my hands in the song of ice and fire series and i think you might enjoy it if you can get your hands in it

even though it's been written by a dude, there are several girl characters (catelyn, cersei, sansa, arya, brienne, daenerys, ygritte, lysa, shae, more i can't think off the top of my head this series has a million characters)

best of all, these women are important for reasons beyond being one of the heroes' girlfriend/wife/mother/sister/friend