| Leading ladies |
| Some protagonists |
| Juliet and Cordelia |
| Female protagonists |
| Women of distinction |
| Main female characters |
| Nightingale and others |
| Pauline and Nancy Drew |
| Ligeia and Lenore, e.g. |
| Anna Karenina and others |
| Batgirl and Wonder Woman |
| Pitcher, Nightingale et al. |
| Female stars, to little girls |
| Wonder Woman, Lara Croft, etc. |