America's Greatest Hero - Womanlike
 

I was dismayed to see only one woman included in the America's Greatest Hero thread as of yet, and more dismayed that I did not include her.

On behalf of women, by women, I thought we might pay homage to those that came before us, or are in our midst. i hope this goes over well.



Im putting Amelia Earhart on the table.

Helen Keller.

Do they have to be American? If we take that out of it I can come up with a great list

Dorothy Parker.

Rosa Parks

Harriet Tubman.

I dont think they have to be American necessarily, perhaps they affected Americans, particularly women, to think or operate in new way that had lasting benefit (?).

From one of our male TFP counterparts:

We might get more responses to this thread in the main forum.

Just a suggestion. :)

Jackie Kennedy.

Sacajawea

seconded
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and:

emma goldman
even though most modern anarchists are assholes - it's not her fault. anyone who was imprisoned for distributing info about birth control is a hero of mine.

Marie Curie

Alice Walker
Frida Kahlo (women artists!)

frida kahlo was mexican though

Alice Paul. (the word "Suffragette doesn't seem to do her justice....this woman was a warrior)

And although perhaps not the "greatest" in the grand scheme of things, she is at the top of my list: My Mama.

haha whoops. totally missed the 'american' part. sorry..

Carrie Chapman Catt, Jane Edna Hunter, Mary Edward Walker

Marie Curie was French. Frida Kahlo was Mexican. But both of these women made a lasting impact on American women. I wouldn't be a scientist if it weren't for Marie Curie. Frida portrayed women as strong and independent in her art, inspiring many. I say they count.

Just finishing up another term in school I was introduced to another brilliant woman: Georgia O'Keeffe. An incredible artist (even if your not the art type) who became a heroine of the feminist movement and established a place for women in an arena from which women had traditionally been excluded.

How can this list not include Eleanor Roosevelt? Or Barbara ("Shoot if you must, this old grey head, but spare your country's flag") Frietchie?

Sadly, in these days we often tend to equate mere celebrity status with heroic accomplishment. Not that they are mutually exclusive.
Oprah? Maybe. Paris Hilton? Britney Spears? Never!

Lindy

Michelle Obama
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Madonna