In his latest article for the Spectator, Brendon O'Neill praises Anne Widdicombe as the 'common sense' feminist icon' we 'should 
all get on board with'. Brendan O'Neill, whom I won't give the time of day to is a racist misogynistic arse, so his pronouncements are only good for the cat litter tray.
(Here's a link to it (if you can stomach him) blogs.spectator.co.uk/2018/01/ann-widdecombe-is-the-feminist-hero-we-need-right-now/)
Since it is not for men to tell us who our feminist icons and hero's should be, I thought a thread so that we can name our own would be good. And they don't have to be famous - any woman who has inspired/mentored/helped counts.
Here's some of mine (the list isn't complete because there are so may 
)
My Grandmother. (For far too many reasons to name here, but she was an activist her entire life)
My Mum (as above).
Mary Wollstonecraft (writer/mother of Mary Shelley, author of Frankenstein)
Emily Dickinson (poet)
Aphra Benn (restoration era poet and playwright)
Elizabeth Barrett-Browning (poet)
Effie Gray (artist)
Jane Austin (writer)
Eleanor Roosevelt (campaigner and activist)
bell hooks (writer and activist)
Elisabeth Schussler Fiorenza (liberation theologian who coined the term 'kyriarchy')
Barbara Castle (politican)
Angela Davies (activist and writer)
Roz Kaveny (poet and activist)
Harper Lee (Writer)
Audre Lorde (writer and activist)
Dianne Abbott (politican)
...to name but a few. 
Who are some of yours?