Favorite Female Heroines

[KenpoTess]

Who do you think personifies a Female Heroine?
Real Person and or Fictional character


Novels, any genre,

Reality..

Movies..

[LadyDragon]

Even though I know she's a fictitious character, I would say Lara Croft "Tomb Raider". Definately a strong female even if she only a viedo game figure.

But without a doubt, tops in my mind has to be my mom. How she managed everything I did while growing up I'll never know.

[MartialArtsChic]

My mother is one. She was widowed with 4 little kids at a young age. How she did it, I still don't know. Though things haven't always been easy for us, we all grew up to be relatively decent people.

My sister is another. How she manages is beyond me with a lazy husband, 1 little darling and another on the way. With lack of funds, she's creative and will do anything for her friends/family and is always there when you need her. She comes across as one of those sensitive, weak types, but boy she'll rip your head off if you threaten her or her own.

On the fictional side, I always thought Wonder Woman rocked.


MartialArtsChic

[Shodan]

My pick for these are:

Novels: Ayla (from the Clan of the Cave Bear series) or someone like Hannah Fowler

Reality: Yep- definitely my Mom

Movies: The girl in Mulan

:asian: :karate:

[MA-Caver]

In real life -- there are so many women whos deeds and words define Heroines, just off the top of my head:
Mother Theresa
Helen Keller
Elenanor Roosevelt
Joan Of Arc
Pocahontas (NOT the cartoon..duh)
The indian gal on the back of the new (U.S.) dollar coin her name escapes me :rolleyes:
Likewise the Army gal who was captured and freed in Iraq
Diane Fossey (for her work in saving Mnt. Gorillas
that is just to name a few

Fictional Characters

First of the Search - (she was a giant) from SR Donaldson's Thomas Covenant series
Linden Avery from the same
The Lady Jessica - from the Frank Herbet novel DUNE
Eowyn from The Lord Of The Rings series
Geena Davis' character from The Long Kiss Goodnight
Ellen Ripley from the Alien movies
Lily Tomlin, Jane Fonda and Dolly Parton's characters from 9 to 5
The female lead from Shogun

and that is just to name a few

[OULobo]

Originally posted by MACaver

The indian gal on the back of the new (U.S.) dollar coin her name escapes me :rolleyes:
Likewise the Army gal who was captured and freed in Iraq

Fictional Characters

First of the Search - (she was a giant) from SR Donaldson's Thomas Covenant series
Linden Avery from the same
The Lady Jessica - from the Frank Herbet novel DUNE
Eowyn from The Lord Of The Rings series

and that is just to name a few

The native american gal is Sacajewea , the army gal is Jessica Lynch, and you have good taste in reading material.

[Nightingale]

TV/Movies: Lara Croft, Xena, Sydney Fox (from Relic Hunter), Captain Janeway (Star Trek: Voyager), Mac (JAG), Susan Ivanova (babylon 5)

Books: Diana Tregarde (series by Mercedes Lackey), Morgaine (From Mists of Avalon, Marion Zimmer Bradley), Kat Colorado (mystery series by Karen Kijewski), Kay Scarpetta (series by Patricia Cornwell)

Real Life: My mom, of course, and my grandmothers. also, Shelly, my skydiving instructor. and any female martial artist or skydiver, for making their way in what is primarily a man's world.

[redfang]

Eowyn, Xena, Diana Tregarde, Buffy, Red Sonja (from the books, not the movie), Echo Sackett, ancient Libyan amazon queen Myrina, Emma Peel, Occula (from Richard Adam's book, Maia), Janeway, Seven of Nine, Friday (robert heinlein), Kira Nerys, Morgaine, Del, Bloodsong, and of course, Martha Stewart.

[Nightingale]

gotta add Boadicea to this list.

[Touch Of Death]

Originally posted by KenpoTess
Who do you think personifies a Female Heroine?
Real Person and or Fictional character


Novels, any genre,

Reality..

Movies.. American Maid, from the Tick series.:D
And we must not forget Ayla from the COCB series.

[Nightingale]

um... NO IDEA what you're talking about, TOD.

[Touch Of Death]

Originally posted by Nightingale
um... NO IDEA what you're talking about, TOD.
That's quite alright. I guess you aren't the domographic my heroines speak to.

[Touch Of Death]

Originally posted by Nightingale
um... NO IDEA what you're talking about, TOD.
Think Daryl Hannah in animal skins.

[Ceicei]

Real life heroines:

1) My mother. The reasons are too numerous to list.
2) Charlene Lawrence, a martial artist and wife of martial artist, Mr. Bobby Lawrence. She knows and understands her style, is caring and stubborn, and has a deep, fierce love for her family and friends.

Fictional heroines:

1) Gabrielle, the blonde sidekick in the TV series, "Xena". I love the way Gabrielle handles her staff and for her integrity with people and philosophy of life.
2) Mrs. Huxtable of TV's "The Bill Cosby Show" for her humor, intelligence, and handling of family issues.
3) Jasmine from the "Deltora Quest" book series. She grew up in the forest learning to fend for herself and became a warrior's sidekick. She's independent and tenacious. She has common sense and good fighting skills.
4) Eowyn from "Lord of the Rings" book series for being intelligent and fiesty. In the movie series of the same name, I like her display of sword handling.
5) Captain Janeway, TV's "Star Trek: Voyager", for her compassion, intelligence, and leadership.
6) Deanna Troi,TV's "Star Trek: The New Generation", for being a compassionate empath.
7) Princess Eilonwy from the "Chronicles of Prydain" book series. Some may recognize "The Black Cauldron" from this series. She's stubborn and independent.

- Ceicei

[Chronuss]

...my level 99 sorceress in Diablo II: LOD...:D ..could clear a cow level in under a minute. ;)

[Rich Parsons]

Alia from The Dune Series

Buffy THE Vampire Slayer

Friday from Friday by RAH

No particular order.

Real Life, not sure.

[OULobo]

Originally posted by Rich Parsons
Alia from The Dune Series

Buffy THE Vampire Slayer

Friday from Friday by RAH

No particular order.

Real Life, not sure.

Doesn't Alia go nuts in the second or third book?

[Rich Parsons]

Originally posted by OULobo
Doesn't Alia go nuts in the second or third book?

Yes, she does ;)

[Quick Sand]

I agree with pretty much all the aforementioned people (at least the ones that I know) and I'd like to also add. . .

Fictional: Gordan from G.I. Jane

Real: Grethe Cammermeyer, Sue Thomas (She's a real person, the show is based on her.), and many more.

[Athena]

Eileen Collins, the first female commander of a space shuttle. Sue Bird is awesome too, as is Regina Carter.

~JJ

[Cliarlaoch]

Fiction: Luceiia Brittanicus from The Dream of Eagles book cycle (Arthurian legend), Selene from Underworld. Eowyn. Princess Leia. Trinity from the Matrix. And I forget the name of the character, but the protagonist in Greg Bear's "Moving Mars" book who has, pardon the expression, balls of steel.

Reality: My mom, many if not all of those already mentioned on this list, my fiancee. Sappho, Christine de Pizan, Mary Wollstonecraft, Aphra Behn (first female playwright). Also, Jewel, back in the pre-current album days. Boudiccea. Queen Elizabeth the First. All those who have sacrificed their lives and time to further women's rights and freedoms.

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[HKA]

Kay Scarpetta & Lucy Farinelli (P Cornwell books), Ayla (JM Auel books), Katchoo (Strangers In Paradise comic) , Martha Washington (Give Me Liberty graphic novel), Sara Sidle (CSI), and as for reality-Michelle Yeoh, Boudicca, but it's harder to pick someone 'real' because we never get to hear their story.

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[kicksindabank]

This is a good question! In real time, my mom and my grandmother handsdown. My grandmother was known as the butt kicker in my hood. If something when down, she was the one to handle the situations.

Others on my list are: Lady MacBeth, she has issues, but I think the girl could have done some damage. Jael, in the book of Judges, she had the captain of the enemy army in her tent. While the man was sleep, she drove a tent peg in the side of head! Daphane Maxwell, she is a vampire heroine in the Darkwing Series, I have been reading.

That is all I can think of .

[ChrisWTK]

Real-My mom if anyone. I look up to her in general.

Fictional - Max from Dark Angel, Xena, Eowyn and Keira Knightly's characters from her action movies.

[Sam]

Hermione Granger, Nymphadora Tonks, Molly Weasley,

Alanna the Lioness

[Swordlady]

Real life:

Mary Hayes (aka Molly Pitcher) - manned her husband's cannon after he fell during the Revolutionary War

Rosa Parks - need I say more? :)

Jessica Lynch - whether her acts of bravery were exaggerated or not, she is one tough young woman to endure what she did, and come out alive

Queen Noor - has done much to advocate the rights of women, children, and the disenfranchised in Jordan and in the Middle East

Movies: Lt. Ellen Ripley ("Aliens" - still my all-time favorite), Captain Karen Walden (from "Courage Under Fire"), Samantha Caine/Charlie Baltimore ("Long Kiss Goodnight"), Beatrix Kiddo (aka The Bride from "Kill Bill"), Eowyn ("Return of the King")

[Jenna]

My true heroine was always Ann Frank, a little girl with such perseverance and humility and the eventual victim of an awful oppression and brutality. For someone so young, her words had a clarion message and maturity.

"It’s a wonder I haven’t abandoned all my ideals, they seem so absurd and impractical. Yet I cling to them because I still believe, in spite of everything, that people are truly good at heart."

Fictional, yes agree with SwordLady, Ellen Ripley. And more or less ANY characters and roles played by the lovely Jodie Foster, particularly as the wonderful Clarice Starling in Silence..., as dreamy disbelieving Laurel Sommersby in Sommersby, as the indomitable Eleanor Arroway in Contact and for her powerful performance as Sarah Tobias in The Accused. An inspiration to me.

Yr most obdt hmble srvt,
Jenna

[bookworm_cn317]

REAL: my mom

FICTIONAL: Sailor Moon, Buffy, Shadowcat from The X-Men, Rogue from the X-Men

[bluemtn]

Right off the bat for the real: my mom, anyone that stood up for themselves (at least have a lot of respect for)- like Rosa Parks, Marie Curry (I did a report on her in Junior high school).

Fictional: Mrs. Kent,

[matt.m]

Novels, any genre, : I am going to have to Wonder Woman on this one.

Reality.. I am going with my 'aunt' Sharon for being 1 of the 1st two women to be promoted to black belt in Moo Sul Kwan hapkido. All 5'1 110 lbs of her. My wife, she is married to me so the reason is obvious.

Movies.. Trinity from the Matrix, Leia from the original Star Wars trilogy, both ladies are hard core.

[Kacey]

Fictional: Lessa, the main character in the first trilogy of Anne McCaffrey's PERN novels; also Menolly, the main character in the second trilogy. From comic books: Kitty Pryde (X-Men), Starfire (The New Teen Titans), Psyche (New Mutants), and Karma (also New Mutants).

Real: Margaret Thatcher, Golda Meir, Marie Curie, Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhiu (Mother Teresa)

[Rich Parsons]

Fictional: Lessa, the main character in the first trilogy of Anne McCaffrey's PERN novels; also Menolly, the main character in the second trilogy. From comic books: Kitty Pryde (X-Men), Starfire (The New Teen Titans), Psyche (New Mutants), and Karma (also New Mutants).

I like these as well. :)

I had a cat named Kylara ;) also from the PERN series.

[Kacey]

I like these as well. :)

I had a cat named Kylara ;) also from the PERN series.

I don't know that I'd choose Kylara as a heroine... Moreta, quite likely, but not Kylara.

[Henderson]

Helen Keller

My 9 yr old daughters just watched The Miracle Worker. They came away with a big "wow"! I told them, "don't let me ever hear you say 'I can't' again".


-Frank

[fnorfurfoot]

Fictional: Lessa, the main character in the first trilogy of Anne McCaffrey's PERN novels; also Menolly, the main character in the second trilogy. From comic books: Kitty Pryde (X-Men), Starfire (The New Teen Titans), Psyche (New Mutants), and Karma (also New Mutants).

Real: Margaret Thatcher, Golda Meir, Marie Curie, Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhiu (Mother Teresa)

Have to agree with the women from Pern. I'm also gonna go with Kahlan from the Sword of Truth series.

From comics and television: Buffy, Aspen, and Witchblade.

[Rich Parsons]

I don't know that I'd choose Kylara as a heroine... Moreta, quite likely, but not Kylara.

Well my Ex named the cat and it actually fit her temperment, although I agree it is not a true Heroine type.

[evenflow1121]

Well besides the obvious, Britney Spears and Christina Aguilera, I would have to say that Lt. Commander Eileen M. Collins, is the first woman shuttle commander out of NASA is definately someone I greatly admire.

[pstarr]

How about Ruth Gardner? She was probably the first American female to achieve a black belt in Judo after training at the Kodokan right after WWII. This lady had guts!

[Swordlady]

Well besides the obvious, Britney Spears and Christina Aguilera...

Hold on...you are joking, right? Please tell me that you're only joking???

[Jonathan Randall]

Marie Curie, Audrey Hepburn, Elisabethe Louise Vigee-Lebrun (painter), Florence Nightingale, Cpt. Dorothy Stratton (first women Coast Guard Cpt.).

[Carol]

Fictional: Captain Janeway

Real Life:

8th deg. Kenpo BB, Doreen Cogliandro
Pilot, Amelia Earhardt
Musicians, Bonnie Raitt - Terri Lynne Carrington - Diann Shurr

The first female Chief Engineer in the Boston radio market...oh, wait, that was me. Never mind!

[ArmorOfGod]

Now, this is my type of thread!
I am a HARDCORE DC comics fan.
My children are named after super heroes, so this is a huge part of my life.

Regarding superheroes, my faves are probably Dove (from Hawk & Dove) and Power Girl. Both are DC heroes.
Also, I do like the character that the Huntress (from DC) has turned out to be, but I would say that the most influential DC hero (& most well developed) is Oracle. Oracle used to be Batgirl and is the daughter of Gotham city's police commisioner. Years back, she was paralyzed and cofined to a wheelchair. Now, she has become something like a good puppetmaster. All DC heroes use her to coordinate their plans. She is not my favorite, but she is my most respected female super hero.

AoG