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Hilda and Miriam in The Marble Faun, by Hawthorne.
Cleopatra in Antony and Cleopatra, by Shakespeare.
Does Lady Dedlock in Bleak House count?
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Alberto Moravia has made a masterpiece: La Romana is nothing less than a great novel. The development of its female protagonist throughout the book is an apology of life and love.
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Cecile in Bonjour Tristesse
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The Awakening by Kate Chopin.
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Dr. Maura Isles - any book by Tess Gerritsen
Mr. God, this is Anna - Fynn (does she count even though she's still a child? I added her because she is very philosophical and seems mature in a way adults can't be)
Matilda - Roald Dahl (same question as with Anna)
Jane Marple - books by Agatha Christie
Charlotte's Web - E. B. White
Alice in Wonderland - Lewis Carrol
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Gervaise Lantier in L'assommoir by Emile Zola.
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Katherine V Forrest has written a series of novels about fictional lesbian detective Kate Delafield who, indeed, is a strong leading female character. The writer portrays her and other lesbians both as victims and victimizers of social bigotry.
Beverly Malibu
Murder at the Nightwood Bar
and others ...
