I Am Woman, Hear Me Roar!

Amanda Bonner (from Adam's Rib, 1949)

Clarice Starling (The Silence of the Lambs, 1991)

Celie Johnson (The Color Purple, 1985)

Dr. Massouda Jalal (from Frontrunner, 2008)

Ellen Ripley (from the Alien movies)

Erin Brockovich (from the 2000 film of the same name)

Evey (V for Vandetta, 2005)

Idgie Threadgoode (Fried Green Tomatoes, 1991)

Jenna (from Waitress, 2007)

Jo (from Little Women, 1933)

Joan of Arc (from The Passion of Joan of Arc, 1928)

Josie Aimes (North Country, 2005)

Karen Silkwood (from Silkwood, 1983)

Katherine Watson (Mona Lisa Smile, 2003)

Lisbeth Salander (The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, 2011)

Louise (Thelma & Louise, 1991)

Maggie (from Million Dollar Baby, 2004)

Marge Gunderson (Fargo, 1996)

Marjorie (from Extremities, 1986)

Miriam and Odessa (The Long Walk Home, 1990)

Norma Rae (from Norma Rae, 1979)

Reggie Love (The Client, 1994)

Rosa Parks (The Rosa Parks Story, 2002)

Sarah Tobias (as played by Jodie Foster in The Accused, 1988)

Senator Laine Hanson (Contender, 2000)

Shosanna (Inglourious Basterds, 2009)

Tara (The Playboys, 1992)

Temple Grandin (from the film of the same name, 2010)

Thelma (Thelma & Louise, 1991)

The real life Suffragists, including Alice Paul and Susan B. Anthony (Iron Jawed Angels, 2004)

The Trojan Women (from the 1971 film of the same name)

Yentl (from Yentl, 1983)