| Foreword |
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| Introduction |
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xi | |
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Part One Girls Who Run the World |
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1 | (24) |
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Alice, Alice's Adventures in Wonderland series |
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3 | (3) |
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Mary Lennox, The Secret Garden |
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6 | (3) |
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Lucy Pevensie, The Chronicles of Narnia series |
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9 | (3) |
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George (Georgina), The Famous Five series |
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12 | (3) |
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Pippi Longstocking, Pippi Longstocking series |
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15 | (3) |
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Matilda Wormwood, Matilda |
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18 | (3) |
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Anne Shirley, Anne of Green Gables series |
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21 | (4) |
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Part Two Teenage Drama Queens |
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25 | (20) |
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Wednesday Addams, The Addams Family |
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27 | (3) |
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Persephone Hadley, Noughts & Crosses series |
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30 | (3) |
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Nancy Drew, Nancy Drew series |
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33 | (3) |
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Starr Carter, The Hate U Give |
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36 | (3) |
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Buffy Summers, Buffy the Vampire Slayer |
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39 | (3) |
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Carmen Lowell, The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants |
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42 | (3) |
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Part Three Magical Maidens |
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45 | (18) |
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Hermione Granger, Harry Potter franchise |
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47 | (3) |
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Meg Murry, A Wrinkle in Time |
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50 | (3) |
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Sabrina Spellman, Sabrina the Teenage Witch |
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53 | (3) |
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Zelie Adebola, Children of Blood and Bone |
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56 | (3) |
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59 | (4) |
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Part Four Dystopian Divas |
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63 | (12) |
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June Osborne (Offred), The Handmaid's Tale |
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65 | (3) |
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Hester Shaw, Mortal Engines |
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68 | (3) |
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Katniss Everdeen, The Hunger Games series |
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71 | (4) |
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75 | (20) |
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Hester Prynne, The Scarlet Letter |
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77 | (3) |
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Scout Finch, To Kill a Mockingbird |
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80 | (3) |
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83 | (3) |
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86 | (3) |
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Elizabeth Bennet, Pride and Prejudice |
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89 | (3) |
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Wilhelmina (Mina) Harker, Dracula |
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92 | (3) |
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Part Six Fierce Females of Fantasy |
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95 | (12) |
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Eowyn, The Lord of the Rings franchise |
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97 | (3) |
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Arya Stark, A Song of Ice and Fire series |
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100 | (3) |
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Lyra Belacqua, His Dark Materials |
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103 | (4) |
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107 | (16) |
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Elle Woods, Legally Blonde |
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109 | (4) |
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Mindy Lahiri, The Mindy Project |
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113 | (3) |
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Leslie Knope, Parks and Recreation |
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116 | (4) |
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120 | (3) |
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123 | (14) |
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125 | (3) |
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128 | (3) |
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131 | (3) |
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Sophia Burset, Orange Is the New Black |
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134 | (3) |
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Part Nine Heroines of Herstory |
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137 | (14) |
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Peggy Carter, Agent Carter |
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139 | (3) |
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Tracy Turnblad, Hairspray |
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142 | (3) |
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Orlando, Orlando: A Biography |
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145 | (3) |
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148 | (3) |
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Part Ten Wonderful Warrior Women |
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151 | (18) |
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Lara Croft, Tomb Raider franchise |
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153 | (3) |
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156 | (3) |
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Diana Prince, Wonder Woman |
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159 | (3) |
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162 | (3) |
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Xena, Xena: Warrior Princess |
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165 | (4) |
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Part Eleven Galactic Gals |
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169 | (11) |
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Ellen Ripley, Alien franchise |
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171 | (3) |
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Princess Leia Organa, Star Wars franchise |
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174 | (3) |
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Lieutenant Nyota Uhura, Star Trek franchise |
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177 | (3) |
| Index |
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