Help me think of a happily single (female) fictional character?

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I can't think of one? 🤔

The Jack Reacher books always have a strong female character somewhere. OK the books are about him so the women are not the main characters, but there are army women, musicians, lawyers, police officers and others - who are single, independent, clever and strong. They hook up with Reacher but don't want more.
Also David Baldacci - King and Maxwell for example (Michelle), and Alex in the Memory Man series and Atlee Pine/ Mercy in The road to Mercy series.
There are loads ...

The Bertie Wooster aunts are married. Dahlia is married to Tom and Agatha to Spenser Gregson and then later Percy Craye.

Miss Silver
Miss Danvers (Rebecca)

Circe....but hardly a modern character.

Sister Michael in Derry girls, who seems to have become a nun entirely so she can avoid other people.

Lisbeth Salander

OK, not so happy to begin with. But eventually got her revenge, made tens of millions and went on to a brighter future.

Pamela Anderson in the comedy series Booked

Barbie? No one plays with Ken.

Saga Noren, Malmo County Police

I would say Bridget jones was not unhappy' - looking for a nice love interest doesn't make you unhappy!!

Definitely Kinsey Milhone, Alex in the David Baldachi books, the women in the Jack Reachef books, the main character in Angela Marston's books.

Arya Stark from Game of Thrones

Miss Honey( Matilda)
Meg the Witch

Miss Hardbroom
Miss Cackle (the worst witch)

Professor McGonagall from HP

The character rebel wilson plays in how to be single

Aunt Ada Doom. Once Fig is out of the way.

I think McGonagall is a widow

Pollyanna

Several of Jane Fallon’s heroines - particularly the three main characters in Just Got Real.

Samantha Jones SATC

Miss Honey from Matilda

Samantha Jones from SATC - not strictly single all the time, has a lot of sex and obvs ends up with Smith for a while but ultimately decides she wants to be single and free and not in a relationship.

Mary in Corrie. Again has had dalliances (only a couple over the years) but is ultimately a single and very happy woman. Love her.

Emma Woodhouse is single and perfectly happy with it for most of the book.

Pollyanna

Pollyanna gets married.

But yes to Miss Annersley, Miss Wilson et al from the Chalet School.

And Dr Eustacia Benson.

And Mary Dorothy Devine from the Abbey books (though I do wish she'd tell Joy where to shove it, sometimes.)

Ok. Sorry . Going by the film with Hayley Mills . Apologies. ❤️

Marian wossname in the Woman in White?

Miss Honey from Matilda

Lolly Willowes
Some of the ladies in Cranford
Various Barbara Pym characters

Moana 🌊