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* [[Gabrielle]] - Xena's companion and partner; see [[Xena-Gabrielle relationship]] | * [[Gabrielle]] - Xena's companion and partner; see [[Xena-Gabrielle relationship]] | ||
* [[Jean Grey (Phoenix)]] - Arguably the most powerful character in the entire Marvel pantheon | * [[Jean Grey (Phoenix)]] - Arguably the most powerful character in the entire Marvel pantheon | ||
* [[Honor Harrington]] | * [[Honor Harrington]] | ||
* [[Jirel of Joiry]] - An early series of warrior woman stories from the pulps by [[C. L. Moore]] | * [[Jirel of Joiry]] - An early series of warrior woman stories from the pulps by [[C. L. Moore]] | ||
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* [[Servalan]] | * [[Servalan]] | ||
* [[Sarah Jane Smith]] | * [[Sarah Jane Smith]] | ||
* [[Starbuck (Kara Thrace)]] | * [[Starbuck (Kara Thrace)]] - At least in her first season of "[[Battlestar Galactica (2004)|Battlestar Galactica]]" (2004 re-imagining), Starbuck successfully regendered the "lovable rogue" character from the first "Battlestar Galactica", a character envisioned by at least one of its creators as indelibly masculine. | ||
* [[Chloe Sullivan]] | * [[Chloe Sullivan]] | ||
* [[Buffy Summers]] - Significant fandom; inspired numerous ass-kicking girl imitators. | * [[Buffy Summers]] - Significant fandom; inspired numerous ass-kicking girl imitators. | ||
Revision as of 07:27, 27 April 2007
This is a list of female characters who are notable as firsts; particularly inspirational, significant, or influential; etc. They are not necessarily ideal, perfect, feminist, or good role-models; they are notable.
- Ace (Doctor Who)
- Aeryn Sun
- Alldera
- Batwoman
- Isabelle Blundell (lesbian)
- Stephanie Brown (Female Robin)
- Susan Calvin - Major female scientist character by Isaac Asimov
- Chiana
- Lara Croft - The first successful character-based video game based on a female character, Lara Croft.
- Eowyn - Warrior woman in Tolkien's Lord of the Rings
- Gabrielle - Xena's companion and partner; see Xena-Gabrielle relationship
- Jean Grey (Phoenix) - Arguably the most powerful character in the entire Marvel pantheon
- Honor Harrington
- Jirel of Joiry - An early series of warrior woman stories from the pulps by C. L. Moore
- Princess Leia Organa - A wise-cracking leader of the Rebellion in "Star Wars"
- Moya
- Vicki Nelson
- Podkayne - A notable "spunky girl" character created by Robert A. Heinlein in Podkayne of Mars; noted for creating an admirable character whose initial character was inspirational but whose story-arc was infuriating.
- Ellen Ripley - Became an early female action hero in the film series "Alien".
- Toshiko Sato
- Dana Scully - Groundbreaking "female scientist" protagonist in The X-Files
- Servalan
- Sarah Jane Smith
- Starbuck (Kara Thrace) - At least in her first season of "Battlestar Galactica" (2004 re-imagining), Starbuck successfully regendered the "lovable rogue" character from the first "Battlestar Galactica", a character envisioned by at least one of its creators as indelibly masculine.
- Chloe Sullivan
- Buffy Summers - Significant fandom; inspired numerous ass-kicking girl imitators.
- Tenar - Young Earthsea priestess who first appeared in Ursula K. Le Guin's The Tombs of Atuan, and who was the narrator and protagonist of Le Guin's feminist revisitation of Earthsea, Tehanu; also appeared in later
- Uhura - First black female character in a regular science fiction role on TV; Martin Luther King persuaded Nichelle Nichols to stay on Star Trek playing Uhura because she was a role model for African Americans; Uhura participated in first televised interracial kiss in US.
- Wonder Woman - First major female superhero
- Barbara Wright
- Xena - Significant TV warrior princess.
- Zhaan
See also
- surely there are lots of other great lists of female characters we can make, like
- List of female superheroes
- List of woman of color protagonists
- List of lesbian protagonists
- List of mythological female characters