[name_f]Eleanor[/name_f]: [name_m]Roosevelt[/name_m], [name_f]Eleanor[/name_f] of Aquitane and other queens
[name_f]Amelia[/name_f]: [name_f]Earhart[/name_f]
[name_f]Florence[/name_f]: Nightingale
[name_u]Joan[/name_u]: of [name_m]Arc[/name_m], [name_u]Baez[/name_u], [name_m]Jett[/name_m]
[name_f]Esther[/name_f]: in the bible, she was responsible for saving her people by using quit wit and bravery
[name_f]Maya[/name_f]: [name_f]Angelou[/name_f], [name_f]Lin[/name_f]
[name_f]Clara[/name_f]: [name_m]Barton[/name_m]
[name_f]Marie[/name_f]: Curie
[name_f]Rosa[/name_f]: [name_m]Parks[/name_m]
[name_m]Just[/name_m] a few…forgive me…I’m running on little sleep lol.
[name_f]Agnes[/name_f], Mother [name_f]Theresa[/name_f]'s real first name
[name_f]Amelia[/name_f], as in the aviator
[name_f]Anne[/name_f], as in [name_m]Frank[/name_m]
[name_f]Charity[/name_f], the “purest of all virtues”
Curie, as in [name_f]Marie[/name_f] Curie. I have a crush on this name.
[name_f]Diana[/name_f], as in princess
[name_f]Eleanor[/name_f], first lady
[name_u]Hillary[/name_u], as in [name_m]Clinton[/name_m]
[name_f]Isadora[/name_f], as in [name_m]Duncan[/name_m], a pioneer in dance
[name_f]Katharine[/name_f], as in Hepburn
[name_f]Lucille[/name_f], as in Ball
[name_f]Margaret[/name_f], as in [name_m]Thatcher[/name_m]
[name_f]Marie[/name_f], as in Curie
[name_f]Rosa[/name_f], as in [name_f]Rosa[/name_f] [name_m]Parks[/name_m]
Hmm, who you would consider a role model is partly personal, but some that come to mind…
[name_u]Amal[/name_u] ([name_m]Clooney[/name_m])
[name_f]Angela[/name_f] (Merkel)
[name_f]Audrey[/name_f] (Hepburn)
[name_f]Diana[/name_f] ([name_f]Princess[/name_f] of [name_m]Wales[/name_m], [name_m]Ross[/name_m])
[name_f]Ellen[/name_f] (DeGeneres)
[name_f]Helen[/name_f] ([name_u]Mirren[/name_u])
[name_f]Indira[/name_f] (Gandhi)
[name_u]Jo[/name_u]/[name_f]Joanne[/name_f] (Rowling)
[name_u]Joan[/name_u] ([name_m]Clarke[/name_m]- WW2 codebreaker, [name_u]Joan[/name_u] of [name_m]Arc[/name_m])
[name_f]Laura[/name_f] (Secord- this may be just a Canadian reference though)
[name_f]Malala[/name_f] (Yousafzai)
[name_f]Meryl[/name_f] (Streep)
[name_f]Serena[/name_f] ([name_m]Williams[/name_m])
[name_u]Simone[/name_u] (Biles)
[name_f]Teresa[/name_f] (Mother [name_f]Teresa[/name_f])
[name_f]Virginia[/name_f] ([name_m]Woolf[/name_m])
And seconding [name_f]Eleanor[/name_f] ([name_m]Roosevelt[/name_m]), [name_f]Ada[/name_f] (Lovelace) and [name_f]Michelle[/name_f] ([name_m]Obama[/name_m]).
Thanks for the responses! You’e right, bonfireazelea, a person’s idea of role models can vary…
I’m thinking:
rights activists
scientists (doctors, anthropologists, and others)
explorers/adventurers
first ladies and royals who were known to be strong/inspirational figures
artists (writers, dancers, painters, etc)
athletes
Here are a few names I have in mind:
[name_f]Eleanor[/name_f]: [name_m]Roosevelt[/name_m] (first lady). Would love to find others!
[name_f]Martha[/name_f]: [name_m]Washington[/name_m] (first lady), [name_m]Graham[/name_m] (dancer/choreographer), Gellhorn (early war correspondent), and [name_m]Wright[/name_m] (suffragist/abolitionist). Can anyone think of more?
[name_f]Louisa[/name_f]: [name_u]Alcott[/name_u] (writer). Would love to find others!
Eleanor: Eleanor Roosevelt, Eleanor of Aquitaine
Abigail: Abigail Adams
Hillary: Hillary Clinton
Victoria: the Queen, Victoria Woodhull, Victoria Soto, Victoria Justice
Marie: Marie Curie, Marie Antoinette
Margaret: Margaret Thatcher, Margaret Atwood
Florence: Florence Nightingale, Florence Henderson
Stella: Stella McCartney
Anne: Anne Frank, Anne Boleyn, Anne Hathaway, Princess Anne, Anne of Green Gables
Helen: Helen of Troy
Mary: Mary, mother of Jesus, and Mary, Queen of Scots
Kimberly: Kim Campbell
Susan: Susan B. Anthony
Rosalind: Rosalind Franklin
Henrietta: Henrietta Lacks
Jane: Jane Austen, Jane Seymour
Emily: Emily Bronte, Emily Post
Louisa: Louisa May Alcott
Sally: Sally Ride
