[Hermann the Cherusker]

It is possible to see the Church/Israel (they are the same) in this description. But even more aptly it applies to Mary. Israel did not literally give birth to Jesus the "man child, who was to rule all nations with an iron rod [and] ... taken up to God and to his throne".

Moreover, the reference to the seed of the woman in the last verse is a direct reference back to Genesus 3.15, which is clearly a prophecy about Mary and Jesus, and not God's people Israel and Jesus.

[Quester]

SD: It's a fairly strong anti-Marian bias that can fail to see a woman giving birth to a savior as Mary.

Not really. There are aspects of the sign/wonder which do not correlate to Mary.

OTOH, all of the aspects of the sign/wonder correlate well with Israel.

Aspects of the sign/wonder which argue persuasively for the interpretation of the sign as Israel ...

The woman's crown of twelve stars (per the twelve tribes of Israel) vs. 1

The dragon's persecution and homicidal pursuit of the woman (anti-semitism) vss. 13, 15