“What does womanhood matter at all

When the mind is concentrated well,

When knowledge flows on steadily

As one sees correctly into Dhamma.

“One to whom it might occur,

‘I’m a woman’ or ‘I’m a manʹ

Or ‘I’m anything at all’—

Is fit for Māra to address.”-

The response by the Bhikkhuni Soma (Female adept of the Buddha after Mara questions the power of a woman to realise wisdom of the Buddhadharma)

Samyutta Nikaya (5c BCE-), The Samyutta Nikaya is part of the Pali Canon one of the earliest Buddhist texts.