sheroes
Women who inspire
Sheroes is a playful blend of *she* and *heroes*, referring to female heroes or heroines.
The word emphasizes women as figures of courage, achievement, or inspiration: The documentary profiles sheroes of the civil rights movement.
Sometimes used ironically or dismissed as unnecessary wordplay, since *hero* already applies to any gender.
- Rosa ParksCivil rights icon
- Amelia EarhartVanished female pilot
- Sojourner TruthAbolitionist and suffragist orator
- Indira GandhiIndia's first female premier
Malala Yousafzai · Marie Curie · Frida Kahlo · Florence Nightingale · Ada Lovelace · Eleanor Roosevelt · Ruth Bader Ginsburg · Maya Angelou
People others emulate
- iconsRepresentative small images
- inspirationsSources prompting creativity
- mentorsExperienced advisers to learners
- guidesThose who show directions
leaders · examples · influences · teachers · coaches · advisors · paragons · champions
First to explore territory
- groundbreakersInnovators who start trends
- pathfindersThose who discover routes
- changemakersPeople catalyzing societal improvement
- firstsEarliest occurrences of something
frontierswomen · innovators · visionaries · reformers · revolutionaries · adventurers · explorers · game-changers
Power to exert force
- courageFortitude facing danger
- resilienceCapacity to recover quickly
- determinationFirmness of purpose
- advocacyPleading for a cause
confidence · independence · assertiveness · leadership · agency · liberation · autonomy · self-reliance
Direct effort for reform
- equalitySame status for all
- suffrageRight to cast ballots
- intersectionalityInterconnected identity-based discrimination study
- women's rightsLegal equality for females
glass ceiling · equal pay · reproductive rights · gender bias · feminist theory · body positivity · consciousness-raising · sisterhood
Harriet Tubman
- Rosa ParksCivil rights icon
- Amelia EarhartVanished female pilot
- Sojourner TruthAbolitionist and suffragist orator
Malala Yousafzai · Marie Curie · Frida Kahlo · Florence Nightingale · Ada Lovelace · Eleanor Roosevelt · Ruth Bader Ginsburg · Maya Angelou · Rigoberta Menchú · Oprah Winfrey
role models
People others emulate
- iconsRepresentative small images
- inspirationsSources prompting creativity
- mentorsExperienced advisers to learners
guides · leaders · examples · influences · teachers · coaches · advisors · paragons · champions · advocates
pioneers
First to explore territory
- groundbreakersInnovators who start trends
- pathfindersThose who discover routes
- changemakersPeople catalyzing societal improvement
firsts · frontierswomen · innovators · visionaries · reformers · revolutionaries · adventurers · explorers · game-changers
strength
Power to exert force
- courageFortitude facing danger
- resilienceCapacity to recover quickly
- determinationFirmness of purpose
advocacy · confidence · independence · assertiveness · leadership · agency · liberation · autonomy · self-reliance · fortitude
activism
Direct effort for reform
- equalitySame status for all
- suffrageRight to cast ballots
- intersectionalityInterconnected identity-based discrimination study
women's rights · glass ceiling · equal pay · reproductive rights · gender bias · feminist theory · body positivity · consciousness-raising · sisterhood · womanhood
sheroesvillainesses
Female antagonists collectively
villainess · fallen women · bad girls · antiheroine · antiheroes
sheroesmale heroes
Brave male protagonists
heroes · great men · patriarchs · founding fathers · he-men