When the Bible or even Jesus himself referred to “his disciples,” women—many women, were included in that designation.  They weren’t just part of the crowd or an afterthought. “Pointing to his disciples, he said, ‘Here are my mother and my brothers.” (Matthew 12:48-50; Mark 3:34)  Luke tells us by name just who these disciples were, ”After this, Jesus traveled about from one town and village to another, proclaiming the good news of the kingdom of God. The Twelve were with him, and also some women who had been cured of evil spirits and diseases: Mary (called Magdalene) from whom seven demons had come out; Joanna the wife of Cuza, the manager of Herod’s household; Susanna; and many others.” (Luke 8:1-3)

The same word is always used for disciples whether male or female. Women are not subset disciples but the first rate, real thing—if, as Jesus said, women as well as men, continue in his teachings. (John 8:31, 32)  Jesus’ teachings—and he continued to teach through the apostles, are the only teachings for Christians to follow—he said his sheep listen to only his voice.(John 10:3)  Get to know his word the Bible—especially the New Testament, intimately so you can use it as a filter for all the things that come at you.  Go beyond the English (or your language) translations and you’ll be amazed at the distinctions the ancient Greek makes.  It’s not hard to find Greek interlinear New Testaments and not at all hard to read them.  This is a good starting point in knowing what Jesus truly said. One I use is biblehub.com.