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This is a list of anthologies that are thematically centered around female protagonists (or female antagonist / villains).

See also

• Anthologies of SF with gender themes
  • Anthologies of SF by women
    • Collections of fairy tales by women
  • Anthologies of SF with female protagonists
• Anthologies of SF with sex themes
• Anthologies of queer SF
• Anthologies of regional or ethnic SF with gender themes
• Series of sex- and gender-themed SF anthologies
• Anthologies of feminist SF studies

A

• Amazons! ed. by Jessica Amanda Salmonson (1979)
• Amazons II ed. by Jessica Amanda Salmonson (1982)
• Ancient Enchantresses ed. by Kathleen M. Massie-Ferch, Martin H. Greenberg, and Richard Gilliam (1995)

C

• The Chick Is in the Mail ed. by Esther M. Friesner (2000)
• Chicks 'n Chained Males ed. by Esther M. Friesner (1999)
• Chicks in Chainmail ed. by Esther M. Friesner (1995)
• Chicks Kick Butt ed. by Rachel Caine and Kerrie L. Hughes (2011)
• Cinderella on the Ball from Attic Press (date?)

D

• Dangerous Women ed. by S. G. Johnson (1994)
• Dark Angels: Lesbian Vampire Stories ed. by Pam Keesey (1995)
• Daughters of Darkness: Lesbian Vampire Stories ed. by Pam Keesey (1993)
• Daughters of the Moon: Witch Tales from Around the World ed. by Shahrukh Husain (1995)
• Did You Say Chicks?! ed. by Esther M. Friesner (1998)
• Don't Forget Your Spacesuit, Dear ed. by Jody Lynn Nye (1996)

F

• Fat Girl in a Strange Land ed. by Kay T. Holt and Bart R. Leib (2012)
• Fearless Girls, Wise Women & Beloved Sisters ed. by Kathleen Ragan (1998)
• Free Amazons of Darkover ed. by Marion Zimmer Bradley and the Friends of Darkover (1985)

G

• Girls' Night Out: Twenty-Nine Female Vampire Stories ed. by Martin H. Greenberg (1997)
• Girls to the Rescue ed. by Bruce Lansky

H

• Hags, Sirens, & Other Bad Girls of Fantasy ed. by Denise Little (2006)
• Hecate's Cauldron ed. by Susan M. Shwartz (1982)
• Hellebore and Rue: Tales of Queer Women and Magic edited by Catherine Lundoff and JoSelle Vanderhooft (2011)

M

• Maiden, Matron, Crone ed. by Kerrie Hughes and Martin H. Greenberg (2005)
• Millennial Women: Tales for Tomorrow ed. by Virginia Kidd (1978) [aka The Eye of the Heron and Other Stories]
• More Women of Wonder ed. by Pamela Sargent (1976)

N

• New Amazons ed. by Margaret Weis (2000)
• New Eves: Science Fiction About the Extraordinary Women of Today and Tomorrow edited by Janrae Frank, Jean Stine, and Forrest J. Ackerman (1994)
• The New Women of Wonder: Recent Science Fiction Stories by Women About Women ed. by Pamela Sargent (1978)

R

• Renunciates of Darkover ed. by Marion Zimmer Bradley and The Friends of Darkover (1991)

S

• Sisters of the Night edited by Barbara Hambly and Martin H. Greenberg (1995)
• Sleeping Beauty, Indeed, and Other Lesbian Fairytales edited by JoSelle Vanderhooft (2009)
• Space Sirens: Full-Throttle Space Tales #2 ed. by Carol Hightshoe (2009)
• Steam-Powered: Lesbian Steampunk Stories ed. by JoSelle Vanderhooft (2010)
• Steam-Powered 2: More Lesbian Steampunk Stories ed. by JoSelle Vanderhooft (2011)
• Sword and Sorceress (#1) (1984)
• Sword and Sorceress 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18

T

• Tangle Girls edited by Nicole Kimberling (2009)
• Turn the Other Chick edited by Esther M. Friesner (2004)

V

• The Virago Book of Witches ed. by Shahrukh Husain (1993)

W

• Warrior Enchantresses edited by Kathleen M. Massie-Ferch and Martin H. Greenberg (1996)
• Warrior Princesses edited by Elizabeth Ann Scarborough and Martin H. Greenberg (1998)
• Warrior Wisewoman edited by Roby James (2008)
• Warrior Wisewoman 2 edited by Roby James (2009)
• Warrior Wisewoman 3 edited by Roby James (2010)
• When Women Rule ed. by Sam Moskowitz (1972) (anthology about matriarchies; most told from other perspective, however)
• Wise Women: Folk and Fairy Tales from Around the World retold and ed. by Suzanne I. Barchers (1997)
• A Woman's Liberation: A Choice of Futures By and About Women ed. by Connie Willis and Sheila Williams (2001)
• Women at War ed. by Lois McMaster Bujold and Roland J. Green (1995)
• Women of War ed. by Tanya Huff and Alexander Potter (2005)
• Women Who Run With the Werewolves: Tales of Blood, Lust and Metamorphosis ed. by Pam Keesey (1996)
• Women Who Wear the Breeches edited by Shahrukh Husain
• Women of Wonder: Science Fiction Stories by Women about Women ed. by Pamela Sargent (1974)
• Women of Wonder, The Classic Years: Science Fiction by Women from the 1940s to the 1970s ed. by Pamela Sargent (1995)
• Women of Wonder: The Contemporary Years: Science Fiction by Women from the 1970s to the 1990s ed. by Pamela Sargent (1995)
• Womenfolk and Fairy Tales ed. by Rosemary Minard (1975)