Definition: not requiring or relying on others Characters in Literature: Elizabeth Bennet (Pride and Prejudice), Laura Ingalls Wilder, Han Solo Common Portrayals: women suffragettes, Civil rights leaders, inventors, explorers, geniuses Clichés to Avoid: the independent, strong-willed, kick-butt woman who doesn’t need a man in her life; the loner who claims to need no one, but by the […]