# Bakers Dozen **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [August 4, 2010, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173 "2010-08-04T17:56:40Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 739
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2013, 8:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/14762 "2013-03-12T20:32:22Z")
Noteworthy women artists, and a link to their work 1. Mary Cassatt [![](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Mary_Cassatt_002.jpg) ](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Mary_Cassatt_002.jpg) 1. Georgia O’Keeffe > **[Google Images](https://www.google.com/imghp)** > > Google Images. The most comprehensive image search on the web. 1. Anna Mary “Grandma” Moses: [http://www.artnet.com/artists/grandma-moses/](http://www.artnet.com/artists/grandma-moses/) ---
**Author:** ![Iggy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/iggy/32/3364_2.png) [@Iggy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Iggy)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2013, 8:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/14763 "2013-03-12T20:48:10Z")
Noteworthy women artists, and a link to their work 1. Mary Cassatt [File:Mary Cassatt 002.jpg - Wikipedia](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Mary_Cassatt_002.jpg) 2. Georgia O’Keeffe > **[Google Images](https://www.google.com/imghp)** > > Google Images. The most comprehensive image search on the web. 1. Anna Mary “Grandma” Moses: [http://www.artnet.com/artists/grandma-moses/](http://www.artnet.com/artists/grandma-moses/) 2. Gladwyn “Miss Lassie” Bush [Three White Leopards: Cayman.10--Miss Lassie](http://ladyofsilences.blogspot.com/2013/01/cayman10-miss-lassie.html) Miss Lassie was a Caymanian folk painter. Her most noted work was her own home where she painted everything - windows, walls, and even the fridge. Her home, Mind’s Eye, was recognized for preservation by the World Monuments Fund ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2013, 9:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/14764 "2013-03-12T21:03:54Z")
Noteworthy women artists, and a link to their work 1. Mary Cassatt [File:Mary Cassatt 002.jpg - Wikipedia](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Mary_Cassatt_002.jpg) 2. Georgia O’Keeffe > **[Google Images](https://www.google.com/imghp)** > > Google Images. The most comprehensive image search on the web. 1. Anna Mary “Grandma” Moses: [http://www.artnet.com/artists/grandma-moses/](http://www.artnet.com/artists/grandma-moses/) 2. Gladwyn “Miss Lassie” Bush [Three White Leopards: Cayman.10--Miss Lassie](http://ladyofsilences.blogspot.com/2013/01/cayman10-miss-lassie.html) Miss Lassie was a Caymanian folk painter. Her most noted work was her own home where she painted everything - windows, walls, and even the fridge. Her home, Mind’s Eye, was recognized for preservation by the World Monuments Fund 3. Artemisia Gentileschi [http://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://www.independent.co.uk/migration\_catalog/article5305410.ece/ALTERNATES/w460/greatworks.jpeg&imgrefurl=http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/art/great-works/great-works-judith-slaying-holofernes-circa-161420-artemisia-gentileschi-2292240.html&h=225&w=225&sz=1&tbnid=AEVxRubMUK\_GYM:&tbnh=160&tbnw=160&prev=/search%3Fq%3Dartemisia%2Bgentileschi%2Bjudith%2Bslaying%2Bholofernes%26tbm%3Disch%26tbo%3Du&zoom=1&q=artemisia+gentileschi+judith+slaying+holofernes&usg=\_\_p4qOR5v0udsV\_XJMurKf\_RJdhHI=&docid=e-Va7CinF9MffM&itg=1&hl=en&sa=X&ei=JZg\_UZbCF6OS2QWpzoDIDg&ved=0CI4BEPwdMAo](http://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://www.independent.co.uk/migration_catalog/article5305410.ece/ALTERNATES/w460/greatworks.jpeg&imgrefurl=http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/art/great-works/great-works-judith-slaying-holofernes-circa-161420-artemisia-gentileschi-2292240.html&h=225&w=225&sz=1&tbnid=AEVxRubMUK_GYM:&tbnh=160&tbnw=160&prev=/search%3Fq%3Dartemisia%2Bgentileschi%2Bjudith%2Bslaying%2Bholofernes%26tbm%3Disch%26tbo%3Du&zoom=1&q=artemisia+gentileschi+judith+slaying+holofernes&usg=__p4qOR5v0udsV_XJMurKf_RJdhHI=&docid=e-Va7CinF9MffM&itg=1&hl=en&sa=X&ei=JZg_UZbCF6OS2QWpzoDIDg&ved=0CI4BEPwdMAo) ---
**Author:** ![SSG\_Schwartz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e9a140/32.png) [@SSG\_Schwartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SSG_Schwartz)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2013, 3:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/14765 "2013-03-13T03:16:41Z")
> [@astorian](#): > > Noteworthy women artists, and a link to their work > > 1. Mary Cassatt > [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Mary\_Cassatt\_002.jpg](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Mary_Cassatt_002.jpg) > > 2. Georgia O’Keeffe > > [http://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=...MQ9QEwBA&dur=0](http://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=...MQ9QEwBA&dur=0) > > 1. Anna Mary “Grandma” Moses: [Grandma Moses | Artnet](http://www.artnet.com/artists/grandma-moses/) > > 2. Gladwyn “Miss Lassie” Bush > [Three White Leopards: Cayman.10--Miss Lassie](http://ladyofsilences.blogspot.com/2013/01/cayman10-miss-lassie.html) > Miss Lassie was a Caymanian folk painter. Her most noted work was her own home where she painted everything - windows, walls, and even the fridge. Her home, Mind’s Eye, was recognized for preservation by the World Monuments Fund > > 3. Artemisia Gentileschi > > [http://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://www.independent.co.uk/migration\_catalog/article5305410.ece/ALTERNATES/w460/greatworks.jpeg&imgrefurl=http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/art/great-works/great-works-judith-slaying-holofernes-circa-161420-artemisia-gentileschi-2292240.html&h=225&w=225&sz=1&tbnid=AEVxRubMUK\_GYM:&tbnh=160&tbnw=160&prev=/search%3Fq%3Dartemisia%2Bgentileschi%2Bjudith%2Bslaying%2Bholofernes%26tbm%3Disch%26tbo%3Du&zoom=1&q=artemisia+gentileschi+judith+slaying+holofernes&usg=\_\_p4qOR5v0udsV\_XJMurKf\_RJdhHI=&docid=e-Va7CinF9MffM&itg=1&hl=en&sa=X&ei=JZg\_UZbCF6OS2QWpzoDIDg&ved=0CI4BEPwdMAo](http://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://www.independent.co.uk/migration_catalog/article5305410.ece/ALTERNATES/w460/greatworks.jpeg&imgrefurl=http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/art/great-works/great-works-judith-slaying-holofernes-circa-161420-artemisia-gentileschi-2292240.html&h=225&w=225&sz=1&tbnid=AEVxRubMUK_GYM:&tbnh=160&tbnw=160&prev=/search%3Fq%3Dartemisia%2Bgentileschi%2Bjudith%2Bslaying%2Bholofernes%26tbm%3Disch%26tbo%3Du&zoom=1&q=artemisia+gentileschi+judith+slaying+holofernes&usg=__p4qOR5v0udsV_XJMurKf_RJdhHI=&docid=e-Va7CinF9MffM&itg=1&hl=en&sa=X&ei=JZg_UZbCF6OS2QWpzoDIDg&ved=0CI4BEPwdMAo) 1. Toni Morrison [http://openlibrary.org/authors/OL6784512A/Toni\_Morrison](http://openlibrary.org/authors/OL6784512A/Toni_Morrison) OP never said she had to work in the visual arts. SFC Schwartz ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2013, 3:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/14766 "2013-03-13T03:28:27Z")
You’re right, I didn’t. Noteworthy women artists, and a link to their work 1. Mary Cassatt 2. Georgia O’Keeffe 3. Anna Mary “Grandma” Moses 4. Gladwyn “Miss Lassie” Bush 5. Artemisia Gentileschi 6. Toni Morrison 7. Margaret Bourke-White [http://www1.assumption.edu/users/mcclymer/bedfordprototype/toc/bourke-white.jpg](http://www1.assumption.edu/users/mcclymer/bedfordprototype/toc/bourke-white.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2013, 3:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/14767 "2013-03-13T03:55:08Z")
Noteworthy women artists, and a link to their work 1. Mary Cassatt 2. Georgia O’Keeffe 3. Anna Mary “Grandma” Moses 4. Gladwyn “Miss Lassie” Bush 5. Artemisia Gentileschi 6. Toni Morrison 7. Margaret Bourke-White 8. Frida Kahlo [http://www.fridakahlo.com/selected-artwork](http://www.fridakahlo.com/selected-artwork) ---
**Author:** ![Sparky812](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/eb9ed0/32.png) [@Sparky812](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sparky812)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2013, 11:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/14768 "2013-03-13T11:12:22Z")
Noteworthy women artists, and a link to their work 1. Mary Cassatt 2. Georgia O’Keeffe 3. Anna Mary “Grandma” Moses 4. Gladwyn “Miss Lassie” Bush 5. Artemisia Gentileschi 6. Toni Morrison 7. Margaret Bourke-White 8. Frida Kahlo 9. Emily Carr [http://bcheritage.ca/emilycarrhomework/gallery/gallvag/vagmain.htm](http://bcheritage.ca/emilycarrhomework/gallery/gallvag/vagmain.htm) ---
**Author:** ![Dendarii\_Dame](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bbce88/32.png) [@Dendarii\_Dame](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dendarii_Dame)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2013, 12:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/14769 "2013-03-13T12:33:56Z")
Noteworthy women artists, and a link to their work 1. Mary Cassatt 2. Georgia O’Keeffe 3. Anna Mary “Grandma” Moses 4. Gladwyn “Miss Lassie” Bush 5. Artemisia Gentileschi 6. Toni Morrison 7. Margaret Bourke-White 8. Frida Kahlo 9. Emily Carr 10. Angelica Kauffmann [All Angelica Kauffmann's Oil Paintings - INDEX - Wholesale China Oil Painting & Picture Frame 1](http://www.fineart-china.com/oil%20painting%20artist/Angelica%20Kauffmann.html) ---
**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2013, 12:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/14770 "2013-03-13T12:57:09Z")
_(Thought I’d pull them all together here)_ Noteworthy women artists, and a link to their work 1. Mary Cassatt: [File:Mary Cassatt 002.jpg - Wikipedia](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Mary_Cassatt_002.jpg) 2. Georgia O’Keeffe: [http://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=...MQ9QEwBA&dur=0](http://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=...MQ9QEwBA&dur=0) 3. Anna Mary “Grandma” Moses: [http://www.artnet.com/artists/grandma-moses/](http://www.artnet.com/artists/grandma-moses/) 4. Gladwyn “Miss Lassie” Bush: [Three White Leopards: Cayman.10--Miss Lassie](http://ladyofsilences.blogspot.com/2013/01/cayman10-miss-lassie.html) 5. Artemisia Gentileschi: [http://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://www.independent.co.uk/migration\_catalog/article5305410.ece/ALTERNATES/w460/greatworks.jpeg&imgrefurl=http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/art/great-works/great-works-judith-slaying-holofernes-circa-161420-artemisia-gentileschi-2292240.html&h=225&w=225&sz=1&tbnid=AEVxRubMUK\_GYM:&tbnh=160&tbnw=160&prev=/search%3Fq%3Dartemisia%2Bgentileschi%2Bjudith%2Bslaying%2Bholofernes%26tbm%3Disch%26tbo%3Du&zoom=1&q=artemisia+gentileschi+judith+slaying+holofernes&usg=\_\_p4qOR5v0udsV\_XJMurKf\_RJdhHI=&docid=e-Va7CinF9MffM&itg=1&hl=en&sa=X&ei=JZg\_UZbCF6OS2QWpzoDIDg&ved=0CI4BEPwdMAo](http://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://www.independent.co.uk/migration_catalog/article5305410.ece/ALTERNATES/w460/greatworks.jpeg&imgrefurl=http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/art/great-works/great-works-judith-slaying-holofernes-circa-161420-artemisia-gentileschi-2292240.html&h=225&w=225&sz=1&tbnid=AEVxRubMUK_GYM:&tbnh=160&tbnw=160&prev=/search%3Fq%3Dartemisia%2Bgentileschi%2Bjudith%2Bslaying%2Bholofernes%26tbm%3Disch%26tbo%3Du&zoom=1&q=artemisia+gentileschi+judith+slaying+holofernes&usg=__p4qOR5v0udsV_XJMurKf_RJdhHI=&docid=e-Va7CinF9MffM&itg=1&hl=en&sa=X&ei=JZg_UZbCF6OS2QWpzoDIDg&ved=0CI4BEPwdMAo) 6. Toni Morrison: [Toni Morrison | Open Library](http://openlibrary.org/authors/OL6784512A/Toni_Morrison) 7. Margaret Bourke-White:[http://www1.assumption.edu/users/mcclymer/bedfordprototype/toc/bourke-white.jpg](http://www1.assumption.edu/users/mcclymer/bedfordprototype/toc/bourke-white.jpg) 8. Frida Kahlo:[http://www.fridakahlo.com/selected-artwork](http://www.fridakahlo.com/selected-artwork) 9. Emily Carr:[http://bcheritage.ca/emilycarrhomework/gallery/gallvag/vagmain.htm](http://bcheritage.ca/emilycarrhomework/gallery/gallvag/vagmain.htm) 10. Angelica Kauffmann: [All Angelica Kauffmann's Oil Paintings - INDEX - Wholesale China Oil Painting & Picture Frame 1](http://www.fineart-china.com/oil%20painting%20artist/Angelica%20Kauffmann.html) 11. Bridget Riley: [Bridget Riley](http://www.op-art.co.uk/op-art-gallery/bridget-riley) ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2013, 2:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/14771 "2013-03-13T14:52:14Z")
Thanks, **echo7**! Noteworthy women artists, and a link to their work 1. Mary Cassatt: [File:Mary Cassatt 002.jpg - Wikipedia](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Mary_Cassatt_002.jpg) 2. Georgia O’Keeffe: [http://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=...MQ9QEwBA&dur=0](http://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=...MQ9QEwBA&dur=0) 3. Anna Mary “Grandma” Moses: [http://www.artnet.com/artists/grandma-moses/](http://www.artnet.com/artists/grandma-moses/) 4. Gladwyn “Miss Lassie” Bush: [Three White Leopards: Cayman.10--Miss Lassie](http://ladyofsilences.blogspot.com/2013/01/cayman10-miss-lassie.html) 5. Artemisia Gentileschi: [http://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://www.independent.co.uk/migration\_catalog/article5305410.ece/ALTERNATES/w460/greatworks.jpeg&imgrefurl=http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/art/great-works/great-works-judith-slaying-holofernes-circa-161420-artemisia-gentileschi-2292240.html&h=225&w=225&sz=1&tbnid=AEVxRubMUK\_GYM:&tbnh=160&tbnw=160&prev=/search%3Fq%3Dartemisia%2Bgentileschi%2Bjudith%2Bslaying%2Bholofernes%26tbm%3Disch%26tbo%3Du&zoom=1&q=artemisia+gentileschi+judith+slaying+holofernes&usg=\_\_p4qOR5v0udsV\_XJMurKf\_RJdhHI=&docid=e-Va7CinF9MffM&itg=1&hl=en&sa=X&ei=JZg\_UZbCF6OS2QWpzoDIDg&ved=0CI4BEPwdMAo](http://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://www.independent.co.uk/migration_catalog/article5305410.ece/ALTERNATES/w460/greatworks.jpeg&imgrefurl=http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/art/great-works/great-works-judith-slaying-holofernes-circa-161420-artemisia-gentileschi-2292240.html&h=225&w=225&sz=1&tbnid=AEVxRubMUK_GYM:&tbnh=160&tbnw=160&prev=/search%3Fq%3Dartemisia%2Bgentileschi%2Bjudith%2Bslaying%2Bholofernes%26tbm%3Disch%26tbo%3Du&zoom=1&q=artemisia+gentileschi+judith+slaying+holofernes&usg=__p4qOR5v0udsV_XJMurKf_RJdhHI=&docid=e-Va7CinF9MffM&itg=1&hl=en&sa=X&ei=JZg_UZbCF6OS2QWpzoDIDg&ved=0CI4BEPwdMAo) 6. Toni Morrison: [Toni Morrison | Open Library](http://openlibrary.org/authors/OL6784512A/Toni_Morrison) 7. Margaret Bourke-White:[http://www1.assumption.edu/users/mcclymer/bedfordprototype/toc/bourke-white.jpg](http://www1.assumption.edu/users/mcclymer/bedfordprototype/toc/bourke-white.jpg) 8. Frida Kahlo:[http://www.fridakahlo.com/selected-artwork](http://www.fridakahlo.com/selected-artwork) 9. Emily Carr:[http://bcheritage.ca/emilycarrhomework/gallery/gallvag/vagmain.htm](http://bcheritage.ca/emilycarrhomework/gallery/gallvag/vagmain.htm) 10. Angelica Kauffmann: [All Angelica Kauffmann's Oil Paintings - INDEX - Wholesale China Oil Painting & Picture Frame 1](http://www.fineart-china.com/oil%20painting%20artist/Angelica%20Kauffmann.html) 11. Bridget Riley: [Bridget Riley](http://www.op-art.co.uk/op-art-gallery/bridget-riley) 12. Élisabeth Sophie Chéron: [http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b6/Élisabeth-Sophie\_Chéron.jpg](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b6/%C3%89lisabeth-Sophie_Ch%C3%A9ron.jpg) A self-portrait. ---
**Author:** ![Iggy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/iggy/32/3364_2.png) [@Iggy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Iggy)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2013, 3:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/14772 "2013-03-13T15:14:11Z")
Noteworthy women artists, and a link to their work 1. Mary Cassatt: [File:Mary Cassatt 002.jpg - Wikipedia](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Mary_Cassatt_002.jpg) 2. Georgia O’Keeffe: [http://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=...MQ9QEwBA&dur=0](http://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=...MQ9QEwBA&dur=0) 3. Anna Mary “Grandma” Moses: [http://www.artnet.com/artists/grandma-moses/](http://www.artnet.com/artists/grandma-moses/) 4. Gladwyn “Miss Lassie” Bush: [http://ladyofsilences.blogspot.com/2...ss-lassie.html](http://ladyofsilences.blogspot.com/2...ss-lassie.html) 5. Artemisia Gentileschi: [http://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=...d=0CI4BEPwdMAo](http://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=...d=0CI4BEPwdMAo) 6. Toni Morrison: [http://openlibrary.org/authors/OL6784512A/Toni\_Morrison](http://openlibrary.org/authors/OL6784512A/Toni_Morrison) 7. Margaret Bourke-White:[http://www1.assumption.edu/users/mcc...urke-white.jpg](http://www1.assumption.edu/users/mcc...urke-white.jpg) 8. Frida Kahlo:[http://www.fridakahlo.com/selected-artwork](http://www.fridakahlo.com/selected-artwork) 9. Emily Carr:[http://bcheritage.ca/emilycarrhomewo...ag/vagmain.htm](http://bcheritage.ca/emilycarrhomewo...ag/vagmain.htm) 10. Angelica Kauffmann: [http://www.fineart-china.com/oil%20p...Kauffmann.html](http://www.fineart-china.com/oil%20p...Kauffmann.html) 11. Bridget Riley: [Bridget Riley](http://www.op-art.co.uk/op-art-gallery/bridget-riley) 12. Élisabeth Sophie Chéron: [http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi...héron.jpg](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi...h%C3%A9ron.jpg) 13. Natalia Goncharova: [Link](http://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://www.conchamayordomo.com/sites/default/files/recursos/paginas/natalia%2520goncharova1.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.conchamayordomo.com/en/node/187&h=472&w=621&sz=51&tbnid=_aSqLN50VQXd-M:&tbnh=93&tbnw=122&zoom=1&usg=__3o7604jbjBZYyGI_51M7xohOqZg=&docid=nuXAZHYAk3m6-M&sa=X&ei=QJdAUczAGZCG9QTWjoCYBA&ved=0CIQBEP4dMA4) Moving on: Female characters in science fiction movies: 1. Padmé Amidala - Star Wars series ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2013, 3:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/14773 "2013-03-13T15:16:13Z")
Female characters in science fiction movies: 1. Padmé Amidala - Star Wars series 2. Ellen Ripley - \*\*\*Alien \*\*\*and its many seuqles ---
**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2013, 3:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/14774 "2013-03-13T15:17:55Z")
Female characters in science fiction movies: 1. Padmé Amidala - Star Wars series 2. Lieutenant Uhura - Star Trek ([the Zoe Saldana flavor, Mmm Mmm Mmm!)](http://www.google.com/search?q=uhura+zoe+saldana&hl=en&client=safari&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ei=T5hAUdXjHIjXqgGI3YHgBg&ved=0CAkQ_AUoAQ&biw=1024&bih=644) ---
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**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2013, 3:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/14776 "2013-03-13T15:45:26Z")
Female characters in science fiction movies: 1. Padmé Amidala - \*\*\*Star Wars \*\*\*series 2. Ellen Ripley -\*\*\* Alien \*\*\*and its sequels 3. Lieutenant Uhura - \*\*\*Star Trek \*\*\*(the Zoe Saldana flavor, Mmm Mmm Mmm!) 4. Zira (female chimpanzee scientist) - _ **Planet of the Apes** _ ---
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Female characters in science fiction movies: 1. Padmé Amidala - _Star Wars_ series 2. Ellen Ripley - _Alien_ and its sequels 3. Lieutenant Uhura - _Star Trek_ (the Zoe Saldana flavor, Mmm Mmm Mmm!) 4. Zira (female chimpanzee scientist) - _Planet of the Apes_ 5. Dr Kathryn Railly - _12 Monkeys_ ---
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Female characters in science fiction movies: 1. Padmé Amidala - Star Wars series 2. Ellen Ripley - Alien and its sequels 3. Lieutenant Uhura - Star Trek (the Zoe Saldana flavor, Mmm Mmm Mmm!) 4. Zira (female chimpanzee scientist) - Planet of the Apes 5. Dr Kathryn Railly - 12 Monkeys 6. Sarah Connor - _ **The Terminator** _ ---
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Female characters in science fiction movies: 1. Padmé Amidala - Star Wars series 2. Ellen Ripley - Alien and its sequels 3. Lieutenant Uhura - Star Trek (the Zoe Saldana flavor, Mmm Mmm Mmm!) 4. Zira (female chimpanzee scientist) - Planet of the Apes 5. Dr Kathryn Railly - 12 Monkeys 6. Sarah Connor - The Terminator 7. Lindy - Limitless Last name never given; played by Abbie Cornish: [http://www.filmofilia.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/limitless\_17.jpg](http://www.filmofilia.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/limitless_17.jpg) ---
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Female characters in science fiction movies: 1. Padmé Amidala - Star Wars series 2. Ellen Ripley - Alien and its sequels 3. Lieutenant Uhura - Star Trek (the Zoe Saldana flavor, Mmm Mmm Mmm!) 4. Zira (female chimpanzee scientist) - Planet of the Apes 5. Dr Kathryn Railly - 12 Monkeys 6. Sarah Connor - The Terminator 7. Lindy - Limitless 8. Eve (female robot) - \*\*\*WALL-E \*\*\* ---
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Female characters in science fiction movies: 1. Padmé Amidala - Star Wars series 2. Ellen Ripley - Alien and its sequels 3. Lieutenant Uhura - Star Trek (the Zoe Saldana flavor, Mmm Mmm Mmm!) 4. Zira (female chimpanzee scientist) - Planet of the Apes 5. Dr Kathryn Railly - 12 Monkeys 6. Sarah Connor - The Terminator 7. Lindy - Limitless 8. Eve (female robot) - WALL-E 9. Maria - Metropolis [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173.md?page=738) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173.md?page=740)