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* If Katniss of ''[[The Hunger Games]]'' wasn't this before the title event, she is by the end of them.

* Clarissa Kinnison (nee McDougall) of [[E. E. "Doc" Smith]]'s ''[[Lensman]]'' novels, and all four of her daughters. Arguably Virgilia Samms from the same universe, in as much as she's an integral part of Triplanetary's senior operations planning and is as exposed to danger as any of the men (to the point where she's {{spoiler|captured and tortured}}, and barely escapes with her life). In ''Masters of the Vortex'', there are several female members of Neal Cloud's crew who kick MAJOR arse, including the epic scene where they {{spoiler|commandeer the weapons Cloud was issued for use as overclocked drilling and sampling lasers, and reduce the local gangster boss's fortress to a puddle of boiling rock along with everyone in it}}. The Lensman universe was pretty much Smith's redemption for making Dorothy Seaton such a shrinking violet for all but the very last part of the ''[[Skylark Series|Skylark]]'' quartet.

* Milla of the Far Raiders of ''[[The Seventh Tower]]'' is tougher and more physically competent than any fourteen year old should be... on the other hand, she is still a fourteen year old, and behaves like one, behaving in an [[Jerkass|incredibly arrogant]] and at times [[Murder Is the Best Solution|almost homicidal]] way towards Tal in the early book. She grows up a lot as the series continues, like Tal, mostly due to common sense being drilled into them both by reality.

* Any High Lady in the ''[[Codex Alera]]'' is a potential [[Person of Mass Destruction]], but the key Action Girls throughout the series are the Cursor Amara and the Marat warrior Kitai. Both are also half of a [[Battle Couple]].