Mary I's impact on queenship is often forgotten in the span of English monarchs to the relative ineffectivesness of her reign. However, her role as the country's first sovereign queen was extremely influential in how much power women of the time period were able to hold. Much of her contributions to queenship have since been attributed to her half-sister, Elizabeth I, while Mary is left underrepresented. Mary participated in spheres of work that had formerly been prohibited from females, held precedence over her husband Philip II, and defied the opinions of man to pursue her own goals, all firsts for female rulers of her time.