I was a feminist ( yes, a man can be a feminist!) long before the term was even invented. Amy Johnson and Amelia Erhardt enjoyed as honoured a place in the pantheon of my boyhood heroes as the Wright brothers or Charles Lindbergh. And as for Lady Hester Stanhope, who wandered alone throughout Turkish-ruled Arabia in the early 19 th century! What a role model for any boy, let alone a girl! And then, there were all those heroic women performing amazing feats of bravery and fortitude during World... Sign in to see full entry.