13 Smartest Female Characters from Movies, TV, and Books
Move over, Sherlock Holmes – the girl geniuses have arrived. These days, some of the smartest characters from kids’ movies, TV shows, and books are female. And with research – published in 2017! – indicating that girls start underestimating their own intelligence by the age of 6, it’s clear that brainy media role models matter. A lot.

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