Queen Vashti as a protofeminist

In institute we were discussing the story of Esther and my teacher divided us into groups to find examples of admirable traits in three characters in the story: Mordecai, Esther, and...Queen Vashti? The queen who basically got demoted? Yes. Apparently my teacher wanted to make the point that she had refused to appear before the king and his friends. Therefore, she was courageous and not letting herself be seen as an object, but as a human being. Mmhmm. I really doubt Queen Vashti was a protofeminist.

Personally I much prefer the VeggieTales interpretation: Queen Vashti said "The king can make his own dang sandwich" at three in the morning.

(Note: As I went on Wikipedia to verify that fact, I found that NBC had edited VeggieTales episodes to remove religious references. WHAT? How on EARTH do you do that?)