They have to be famous, and it can’t be for their beauty.
I just want to see how many different women people admire and what for. The reason I ask is that I can’t really think of any I admire for anything besides their beauty. The few people I can think of are Ellen Degeneres, Jenna Jamieson and Maureen Dowd. They all are beautiful, but I suspect it is because I have such great respect for them.
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Uhh, I’m assuming this Jenna Jamieson is a different person from Jenna Jameson?
I would recommend not Google image searching to find out.
At least, not if you’re in the workplace or something right now…
Katherine Hepburn. Dorothy Parker.
They were clearly women before their time. I admire their strength, wit and wisdom.
Condoleeza Rice, Margaret Thatcher and Jamie Lee Curtis.
I admire Jamie Lee Curtis too. I didn’t until she did that thing where she showed off her flab so that everyone else could feel less like shit. That took guts. Plus she’s funny.
I admire: Oprah Winfrey, Aung San Suu Kyi, Toni Morrison, Amy Sedaris, Hazel McCallion, Missy Elliott, Madeline Albright, Junko Mizuno, Cintra Wilson, Tina Fey.
Tori Amos
Marilyn Monroe
Ella Fitzgerald
Hillary Rodham Clinton
Oprah Winfrey
Ellen Degeneres
Kate Winslet
Mary J. Blige
Debby MacDonald (not exactly famous, but from Animal Cops Detroit)
Erykah Badu
I could go on and on.
My mom. No. Seriously, my mom. She was one of the first women in her field. Worked for several thousand dollars less a year than the men on her team for the same work because, as her foreman put it: “You might have a baby, and I don’t have time to replace you. When you’ve been here a while, we’ll see about a raise.” She endured insults and sexual harrassment and long hours without overtime pay. She never gave up, raised three kids on her own, and helped put two of them through college. She has my admiration and respect, and I always try to think how she would handle it if I find myself in a difficult situation. I am immensely proud of her.
Dr. Alice Hamilton (She’s on a US stamp – how many people know who she is?)
Dr. Frances Oldham Kelsey
Anna Lindh
Madeline Albright
Mia Hamm
No, same person. Some people say Jamieson some say Jameson. She held here own against Bill O’reilly and made him look like a perverted idiot. She had my admiration ever since.
I forgot Doris Roberts. Excellent actor.
I don’t admire mere celebrities. I admire women who change the world:
Sojourner Truth
Sandra Day O’Connor
Ada Lovelace (World’s first computer geek! Babbage invented the thing, but she fell in love with it and figured out how to program it.)
Marie Curie
Sally Ride
Rear Adm. Grace Murray Hopper
Geraldine Ferraro
You wouldn’t know where I could get a transcript of that? I’ve heard lots about it and am very curious to see how the interview went.
Oprah Winfrey No link needed, I think.
One of the inspirations behind my screenname, Martha Gellhorn.
Also, too many women writers to mention.
Amen, brother (or sister 
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Ayaan Hirsi Ali, a Dutch politician, is a true modern hero. A Ethiopean refugee, she came to the Netherlands less then 10 years ago, learned Dutch, made a booming career in Dutch politics, made some very courageous decisions that got her a lot of animosity and even death-threats. In the last three years, Ayaan singlehandledly started the third feminist wave in Holland, the much-needed emancipation of Islamic women.
Similar Dutch heroines are Joke Smit and Aletta Jacobs.
Women writers I admire are:
Joke van Leeuwen
Yvonne Krooneberg
Renate Dorrestein (the Dutch Fay Weldon)
Naomi Wolf (author of the Beauyty myth)
Judith Martin
All of the above I admire first and foremost for their way with language, and secondly for making me see more of the world then I would have without their books.
**Arundhati Roy ** – A straight-shooter if there ever was one.
Helen Keller
Susan B. Anthony & Elizabeth Cady Stanton. Because of their inexhaustible campaigning to fight for a woman’s right to vote, I now have the option to vote out or deny any idiot running for office.
Somebody please tell me there is a way I can see this!!
Most of them have already been mentioned.
There is this one lady though I wish I could remember her name. But anyway she used to be the cover girl for Max Factor. She had a battle with cancer and came out smelling like a rose and also managed to keep a VERY positive attitude.
Damn! I wish I could remember her name.
Dorothy Day.
Julian of Norwich.
Barbara Jordan.
Heloise (not the helpful hints one, the one with Abelard).