Off the top of my head:
Heroines:Nurse Edith Cavell,Grace Darling, Boudicca
Entertainers:Vera Lynn;Vesta Tilly;Marie Lloyd;Shirley Bassey;Jessie Matthews;
Politicians:Nancy Astor,Jenny Lee,Barbara Castle,Betty Boothroyd
Science & Medicine etc: Ada Lovelace;Elizabeth Garrett Anderson
Reformers,Missionaries etc: Elizabeth Fry,Mary Slessor,Gladys Aylward
Writers:The Bronte sisters, George Eliot, Maria Edgeworth,Jane Austen,Enid Blyton;JK Rowling
and I'm sure there are many more!