Yes, I did feel that the Narnia books might've had more positive and present models of grown women if they'd been at least partly written post-Joy, rather than pre-Joy (I love both versions of "Shadowlands", the fictionalized account of C.S. Lewis and Joy Gresham's relationship -- the more complex T.V. version with Joss Ackland as Lewis, as well as the somewhat streamlined and possibly more pointed film version with Anthony Hopkins).

Thanks for helping me to sort through these thoughts!