Literature About Women and Girls

Description
Recommend good books, written by men and women, telling positive stories about women and girls and examining women's issues. This is based on my massive reading list of books about women and girls, but additions are welcome.
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Explications
aulsmith: You might be surprised by this one. Heinlein pretty much wrote his standard juvenile story and changed the pronouns, making for a very interesting read before there were hardly any girls in space.
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aulsmith : This is about a trans person, not a woman
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amarie, cpg, jain, AnnaClaire, soffitta1, merrystar, sturlington, perennialreader, thecoroner, elkiedee, kceccato, ahef1963, mspixieears, ArcadiaLynn, liz_stell, TashMason, ManWithAnAgenda,aulsmith
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aulsmith : Except for Elizabeth and Darcy's sister, all the other women are dolts.
sturlington: Elizabeth Bennett is one of the great heroines in literature.
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aulsmith : Boring and preachy
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libraryhead, amarie, hipdeep, cpg, KimarieBee, soffitta1, merrystar, sturlington, perennialreader, elkiedee, Dilara86, kceccato, SonoranDreamer, cej1027, ahef1963, kara.shamy, mspixieears, morgandgarcia, liz_stell, TashMason, ManWithAnAgenda,aulsmith ,thecoroner ,FranzK72
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aulsmith : I would argue that Scout is trans, not a woman.
sturlington: There is no evidence to support that. She is also not a woman. She is a girl.
elkiedee: I'm not anti trans, but not confirming to stereotype gender roles of her time doesn't make Scout "trans"
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amarie, soffitta1, merrystar, sturlington, thecoroner, spiphany, SonoranDreamer, cej1027, ahef1963, sr994, FranzK72, ManWithAnAgenda,aulsmith
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aulsmith : This didn't seem that positive to me, but it's been a while since I read it.