List of female pilots and starship captains in SF

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Female starship captains

Dani Forrest, captain of the Boadicea, in Cognate by R. C. Brojim
Honor Harrington in series by David Weber
Captain Kathryn Janeway in Star Trek: Voyager
Cirocco Jones in Titan by John Varley (Jones is also in Wizard and Demon, but is not a starship captain in those novels)
Tabitha Jute in series by Colin Greenland
Signy Mallory in Downbelow Station by C. J. Cherryh
Kylara Vatta in Trading in Danger by Elizabeth Moon
Tessa Wendel, captain of the Superluminal, in Nemesis by Isaac Asimov.
Character in Forrest, Katherine. "O Captain, My Captain" (1987)
Protagonist in Zettel, Sarah. Fool's War

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Maria Halley in Time Future by Maxine McArthur
Susan Ivanova - 2nd in command in Babylon 5
Kira Nerys - 2nd in command in Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, becomes station commander in series finale.