Would you be brave enough to take on a hammer-throwing Olympian? Roald Dahl’s clever protagonist found justice for Miss Honey and saved everyone at Crunchem Hall Elementary from the Chokey by outsmarting the evil Ms. Trunchbull.This faithful little heroine saved all of Narnia and earned herself the title of Queen Lucy the Valiant by fighting for what she believed in and convincing her older siblings to fight for the cause too.Forgiveness takes courage. Despite her circumstances, Anne found peace by forgiving the Nazis for their anti-Semitic atrocities and still having faith in the goodness of humanity.For two years, this courageous woman risked her life by providing the Frank family with food, news, and friendship. She continued to fight for the family after their capture by bribing the police to release them, but to no avail. Had she not safeguarded the diaries, Anne’s story might have never been published.Known as the “Angel of the Battlefield,” this young nurse tended to wounded soldiers on the front lines during the grittiest Civil War battles. Her experiences led her to found the Red Cross in 1881. In addition to her nursing accomplishments, she also taught school at a time when most teachers were male.This girl’s on fire. Not only did she volunteer as tribute to save her little sister from almost certain death, but she also survived The Hunger Games and found a way to show the Capitol she wasn’t just a pawn in its games.Being sent away from home to work as a governess for seven notoriously difficult children is enough to make anyone afraid. Add some angry Nazis into the mix and you have a surefire horror story. No matter what problems she and her family faced, Maria’s confidence and optimistic attitude never faltered.Imagine living in a dark, quiet world. This was the only reality Helen Keller knew after a fever left her deaf and blind as an infant. In spite of these obstacles, she learned to communicate using signals and was eventually able to speak, going on to become a famous speaker and author.Would you be willing to face insults and threats from a screaming mob to obtain an education? Ruby Bridges did just that at the tender age of 6 when she became the first African-American student to attend an all-white elementary school in the South. Only one instructor agreed to teach Ruby, who was the only child in her class because parents threatened to send their children elsewhere, and four federal marshals escorted her to and from class each day. Through her act of valor, she paved the way for integration in other schools.It sounds like something out of a work of fiction, but this courageous woman’s story is indeed real. During World War II, Irena Sendler smuggled more than 2,500 Jewish children out of the Warsaw Ghetto, where she worked as a plumbing and sewer specialist. The Nazis eventually caught her, broke her arms and legs, and beat her severely. She had kept a record of all the children she helped and buried it in a glass bottle under a tree, which she later dug up and used to help reunite family members who had been torn apart.
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Make two lists, one fictional & one of non-fiction. It’s an interesting list
I agree with James. Make two lists: one fictional, one of non-fiction. Both deserve it.
As for real-life women I’d like to see on a re-camped list, I vote for Wilma Mankiller, Madame CJ Walker, Sojourner Truth, the recently deceased Kitty Wells, Dolly Madison, Catherine the Great, Marie Curie, Eleanor of Aquataine, Mother Theresa and Eleanor Roosevelt.
Why include fictional characters? There are many deserving women and real-life role models are better than fictional ones. In fiction, anyone can do anything.