Yes, they were called ‘Adam and Eve’
Doesn't sound like equality to me.
Yeah, although according to non-biblically accepted book of the Alphabet of Ben Sira, before there G*d created Eve, G*d created Lilith, at the same time as G*d created Adam. But Lilith was dissatisfied and departed Eden because she was a gender equality advocate or something like that.
At least according to the H2 channel special “Banned from the Bible II” that I watched last evening on cable.
I report, you decide... :-)