100 (or so) awesome (fictional) women
My (inarticulate) response to the feminism!fail discussion running around recently.
1. Elizabeth Bennett (Pride and Prejudice)
2. Tiffany Aching (Discworld)
3. Elizabeth Burke (White Collar)
4. Hermione Granger (Harry Potter)
5. Emily Prentiss
6. Elle Greenaway
7. Jennifer Jareau
8. Penelope Garcia (all Criminal Minds)
9. Jo Harvelle (Supernatural)
10. Macy Queen (The Truth About Forever)
11. Luna Lovegood (Harry Potter)
12. Esmerelda Weatherwax
13. Magrat Garlick
14. Nanny Ogg (all Discworld)
15. Keladry (Protector of the Small)
16. Beka Cooper (The Provost's Dog)
17. Jane Bennett (Pride and Prejudice)
18. Nyota Uhura (Star Trek) (oh xenolinguistics lady, you are awesome)
19. Pippi Longstocking (from same) (I grew up loving her, and she is made of sunshine and puppies and lab grade awesome)
20. Susan Pevensie
21. Lucy Pevensie
22. Polly Plummer (Chronicles of Narnia)
23. Miri (Princess Academy)
24. Rose Tyler
25. Martha Jones
26. Donna Noble
27. Sarah Jane Smith
28. Rani Chandra
29. Maria Jackson & her mum (all Doctor Who or SJA)
30. Cho Chang (Harry Potter)
31. BELLE (Beauty and the Beast)
32. Mulan (Mulan!)
33. Parker (Leverage) (<33333PARKER)
34. Kara Thrace
35. Laura Roslin
36. Sharon "Athena" Valerii
37. D'Anna Biers
38. N. 6 Caprica (all BSG)
39. Katara
40. Toph
41. Suki
42. Mai
43. Ty Lee
44. Azula
45. Jun
46. Ursa (all Avatar) (I never said they would all be good, just AWESOME)
47. River Tam
48. Kaylee Frye
49. Inara (all Firefly)
50. Willow Rosenberg (B:tVS) (Willow in Season 7 was the single awesomest thing in the world)
51. Pepper (Good Omens)
52. Eowyn
53. Luthien
54. Galadriel (all Middle Earth) (man, Galadriel's backstory is fabulous)
55. Elizabeth Swann (PotC)
56. Mary Lennox (The Secret Garden)
57. Jane Drew (The Dark Is Rising)
58. Nancy Drew
59. George Fayne and Bess Marvin (Nancy Drew)
60. Nan Bobbsey (The Bobbsey Twins)
61. Toshiko Sato (Torchwood)
62. The Girl Who Stole The Hat (xkcd)
63. Evanlyn/Cassandra
64. Lady Pauline
65. Alyss (all The Ranger's Apprentice)
66. Elinor Dashwood (Sense and Sensibility)
67. about half the victims/almost victims/female family of victims on Criminal Minds
68. Betsy Ray
69. Tacy Kelly
70. Tib Muller
71. Winona Root
72. Julia Ray
73. Maida Bartlett
74. Mrs. Main-Whittaker all Betsy-Tacy-Tib)
75. and every other lady ever in the entire Betsy-Tacy-Tib series
76. Temperance Brennan
77. Angela Montenegro (both Bones)
78. Sophie Devereaux (Leverage)
79. Morgana
80. Guinevere
81. Morgause
82. Hunith (Merlin)
83. Mary (Sherlock Holmes)
84. Angua
85. Cheery Littlebottom
86. Sybil Ramkin (later Vimes) (all Discworld)
87. Jadis & the Green Witch (Narnia) (okay, okay, evil, but. AWESOME.)
88. Nimueh (Merlin) (see above)
89. Harriet Vane (The Lord Peter Whimsy Mysteries)
90. Kate (The Good Master & The Singing Tree)
91. Charlotte (Sanditon: by Jane Austen and Another Lady)
92. Lauren Cruz (White Collar)
93. Ellen Harvelle (Supernatural)
94. Harriet Jones (Doctor Who)
95. Padme Amidala
96. Queen Jamillia
97. All handmaidens of the queens
98. Leia Organa (all Star Wars)
99. Anne Elliot (Persuasion)
100. Augusta Longbottom (Harry Potter)
1. Elizabeth Bennett (Pride and Prejudice)
2. Tiffany Aching (Discworld)
3. Elizabeth Burke (White Collar)
4. Hermione Granger (Harry Potter)
5. Emily Prentiss
6. Elle Greenaway
7. Jennifer Jareau
8. Penelope Garcia (all Criminal Minds)
9. Jo Harvelle (Supernatural)
10. Macy Queen (The Truth About Forever)
11. Luna Lovegood (Harry Potter)
12. Esmerelda Weatherwax
13. Magrat Garlick
14. Nanny Ogg (all Discworld)
15. Keladry (Protector of the Small)
16. Beka Cooper (The Provost's Dog)
17. Jane Bennett (Pride and Prejudice)
18. Nyota Uhura (Star Trek) (oh xenolinguistics lady, you are awesome)
19. Pippi Longstocking (from same) (I grew up loving her, and she is made of sunshine and puppies and lab grade awesome)
20. Susan Pevensie
21. Lucy Pevensie
22. Polly Plummer (Chronicles of Narnia)
23. Miri (Princess Academy)
24. Rose Tyler
25. Martha Jones
26. Donna Noble
27. Sarah Jane Smith
28. Rani Chandra
29. Maria Jackson & her mum (all Doctor Who or SJA)
30. Cho Chang (Harry Potter)
31. BELLE (Beauty and the Beast)
32. Mulan (Mulan!)
33. Parker (Leverage) (<33333PARKER)
34. Kara Thrace
35. Laura Roslin
36. Sharon "Athena" Valerii
37. D'Anna Biers
38. N. 6 Caprica (all BSG)
39. Katara
40. Toph
41. Suki
42. Mai
43. Ty Lee
44. Azula
45. Jun
46. Ursa (all Avatar) (I never said they would all be good, just AWESOME)
47. River Tam
48. Kaylee Frye
49. Inara (all Firefly)
50. Willow Rosenberg (B:tVS) (Willow in Season 7 was the single awesomest thing in the world)
51. Pepper (Good Omens)
52. Eowyn
53. Luthien
54. Galadriel (all Middle Earth) (man, Galadriel's backstory is fabulous)
55. Elizabeth Swann (PotC)
56. Mary Lennox (The Secret Garden)
57. Jane Drew (The Dark Is Rising)
58. Nancy Drew
59. George Fayne and Bess Marvin (Nancy Drew)
60. Nan Bobbsey (The Bobbsey Twins)
61. Toshiko Sato (Torchwood)
62. The Girl Who Stole The Hat (xkcd)
63. Evanlyn/Cassandra
64. Lady Pauline
65. Alyss (all The Ranger's Apprentice)
66. Elinor Dashwood (Sense and Sensibility)
67. about half the victims/almost victims/female family of victims on Criminal Minds
68. Betsy Ray
69. Tacy Kelly
70. Tib Muller
71. Winona Root
72. Julia Ray
73. Maida Bartlett
74. Mrs. Main-Whittaker all Betsy-Tacy-Tib)
75. and every other lady ever in the entire Betsy-Tacy-Tib series
76. Temperance Brennan
77. Angela Montenegro (both Bones)
78. Sophie Devereaux (Leverage)
79. Morgana
80. Guinevere
81. Morgause
82. Hunith (Merlin)
83. Mary (Sherlock Holmes)
84. Angua
85. Cheery Littlebottom
86. Sybil Ramkin (later Vimes) (all Discworld)
87. Jadis & the Green Witch (Narnia) (okay, okay, evil, but. AWESOME.)
88. Nimueh (Merlin) (see above)
89. Harriet Vane (The Lord Peter Whimsy Mysteries)
90. Kate (The Good Master & The Singing Tree)
91. Charlotte (Sanditon: by Jane Austen and Another Lady)
92. Lauren Cruz (White Collar)
93. Ellen Harvelle (Supernatural)
94. Harriet Jones (Doctor Who)
95. Padme Amidala
96. Queen Jamillia
97. All handmaidens of the queens
98. Leia Organa (all Star Wars)
99. Anne Elliot (Persuasion)
100. Augusta Longbottom (Harry Potter)