She is usually portrayed as an uppity and disobedient wife, but Josephus and this article by Katherine Bushnell, a scholar of the early 20th century have another view. Anyway. Hope y'all enjoy it.
I appreciated the Maximilian II comment:

To offer to domineer over the conscience is to assault the citadel of heaven.

and Adam Clark, who generally is not so generous to women:

Vashti refused to come. And much she should be commended for it. What woman, possessing even a common share of prudence and modesty, could consent to expose herself to the view of such a group of drunken Bacchanalians? Her courage was equal to her modesty; she would resist the royal mandate, rather than violate the rules of chaste decorum.

Her contempt of worldly grandeur, when brought in competition with what every modest woman holds dear and sacred, is worthy of observation. Vashti well knew that this act of disobedience would cost her her crown, if not her life also: but she was regardless of both, as she conceived her virtue and honor were at stake.

Anyway, hope you enjoy the article