Select can be used outside of query, and was available much earlier.
In[1]:= Vts = {{"1 VTS", 2., 2., 5., 2., 5., "Female"}, {"1 VTS", 2.,
2., 5., 2., 5., "Male"}, {"1 VTS", 2., 2., 5., 2., 5., "Female"}};
In[2]:= Select[Vts, #[[7]] == "Female" &]
Out[2]= {{"1 VTS", 2., 2., 5., 2., 5., "Female"}, {"1 VTS", 2., 2.,
5., 2., 5., "Female"}}
In[3]:= (* Note: #[[7]]\[Equal]"Female"& is a "pure function" *)