What women were NOT in the OT: not kings (no positive examples of approved female rule at the highest level), not military leaders.

Women were not kings — egalitarians never provide a positive example of a woman ruling with approved authority like a king. These are just examples, not divine mandates, but it's the data. Women were not military leaders — this could be by design (Deborah's example where God limited her) or because women are physically weaker than men and ancient military leaders fought on the battlefield.