That makes it a tricky question because it leaves the definition of dictator up to our interpretation. However, there have been female dictators in history that were dictators with less ambiguity.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wu_Zetian
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catherine_the_Great
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isabel_Perón
The question of communism is also largely one of interpretation. If you ask someone who sees communism in a good light, there has never been a true communist state. If you ask anyone else, there isn’t a distinction between communism and repressive dictatorship.