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Poll: I Am Woman, Hear Me Roar!

Which of the following female characters, some fictional but many based on real women, best represents women's liberation and the progress made?

After voting, feel free to discuss here.

(All of these characters are adults; for a related poll of trailblazing girls, vote here.)

Results of 2,438 votes:

  1. 1.

    Jodie Foster in The Silence of the Lambs (1991)

     
    Clarice Starling (The Silence of the Lambs, 1991)
  2. 2.

    Sigourney Weaver in Alien³ (1992)

     
    Ellen Ripley (from the Alien movies)
  3. 3.

    Julia Roberts, Ashley Pimental, and Brittany Pimental in Erin Brockovich (2000)

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

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