given the time, honestly, the few female characters that do appear in Tolkien are done pretty well?

— Faine Greenwood (@faineg) December 3, 2022

Agreed. One of the main reasons I wish there were more female characters in LOTR was because Tolkien wrote women very well indeed, and understood the bind in which they were caught in a patriarchal society. Éowyn is by far his best-written character, with the most comprehensible motivations.