A list from 2013 of women who are heroes in their context. I did it for high school.

1. Mr Sheehan’s List of
Heroic Girls
WOMEN AND GIRLS THROUGH HISTORY WHO HAVE SHOWN REAL
COURAGE IN AN OFTEN HOSTILE WORLD

2. 20.Jane Austen- writer
“No woman should be treated as a saleable item. Marriage
should not be a financial transaction”

3. 19.Charlotte Bronte- writer
In Jane Eyre she created the prototype for the 21st century
feminist- independent and an equal to a man.

4. 18.Julia Guillard-First female Prime
Minister in Australia

5. 17.The first African American girl to
attend a white university in the USA.

6. 16. Christine Lagarde- Head of the
IMF

7. 15. Marilyn Monroe-actor
She battled the sexist stereotyping of women

8. 14. Sylvia Plath-writer
She wrote the truth about the pressures on young
women. She was also a great poet! Read “The Bell
Jar”.

9. 13. Patti Smith-poet/punk rock star

10. 12. Anne Williams-campaigner for
Hillsborough victims

11. 11. Bridget Reilly- 1960s abstract
artist

12. 10. The first female touch judge in
Premier League football

13. 9. Karen Brady-the first woman to
be the director of a football club!

14. 8. Katy Piper- the acid attack
model;campaigner for women’s
rights.

15. 7. Aung San Suu Kyi-Burmese politician
and human rights campaigner-she defied
a military junta for decades.

16. 6. 7/7 victim who competed in the
2012 paralympics

17. 5. Anita Pallenberg-heroic inventor
of the rock chick/cool mum

18. 4. Katherine Bigelow-film director of
The Hurt Locker, Zero Dark Thirty and Point Break

19. A bit of balance- some recent
male heroes
 Danny Boyle-film
director/producer of the London
Olympic Opening ceremony
 The dog whisperer-Cesar Milan

20. Dr Brian Cox- the coolest geek and
a science hero

21. 3. Joni Mitchell-singer/songwriter.
The inspiration for every female songwriter.
Then Now

22. 2. The Two British girls who helped
the dying soldier in Woolwich

23. 1. The woman who confronted the
terrorist killers in Woolwich
True courage Ingrid Kennet