The only strong characters I remember growing up with where ... aaaaah ... hmmmmmm ... none. Actually, that is not true. I remember thinking that Lucy from Peanuts was pretty cool. Then in my teens I discovered Mafalda:

"The bad thing about the human family is that everybody wants to be the father."

Years later I got into a Batman craze (before the first movie with Michael Keaton). Catwoman in the late 1980's was pretty cool.

But honestly, I can't think of 'strong' cartoon caracters drawn by women ... OH! Duh! For Better or for worse.

But that's a cartoon strip, not characters like Sailor Moon ---too late in the game for me.

Hmmmm .... now this is going to keep me awake all night