If Tolkien had put one girl in the fellowship, there would have been problems. Some of the guys would have to have fallen in love with her, and they'd fight over her... and then there'd be unimportant plotlines. It would destroy the innocence. And remember, he was writing it for his son, if it had been for a girl, he might have put more in.
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