Female protagonist

Works which feature female protagonists offer a number of opportunities for feminist creation:

• female point of view (if written from protagonist's POV);
  • could experience and observe gendered treatment
  • offer a female character for readers to identify with, good for women and men alike;
• female action

A female protagonist — even a "strong" female protagonist — does not by itself define a work as non-sexist or feminist treatment. For instance, Friday and Podkayne in Robert A. Heinlein's novels, Friday and Podkayne of Mars, are often felt to be sexist treatments of strong female characters.

Looking for works with female protagonists?

Works which feature a female protagonist may be seen by clicking "What links here" on the left. Most such works have not yet been appropriately linked yet, but over time they will be.

In the mean time, you can also look through the Encyclopedia of Female Characters and find works featuring characters with particular occupations, particular roles in the story, and so on.