strong-minded

Both Dragon Tattoo and A Royal Affair have very strong-minded female characters at the center of the story.
The Danes’ Royal Drama Gets Its Hollywood Moment|Stephen Farber|November 10, 2012|DAILY BEAST
Leigh Anne may dress (and decorate) tackily, but she is unquestionably a strong-minded and moral do-gooder.
Hollywood's Christian Blockbuster|Nicole LaPorte|January 6, 2010|DAILY BEAST
I married Amanda, a strong-minded food writer, seven years ago: She revamped my fridge, and some of my other disaster areas.
The Last of the Wasps|Tad Friend|September 27, 2009|DAILY BEAST
After the gentle sex had to a great extent given up the habit, some strong minded females were to be found who retained it.
Tobacco; Its History, Varieties, Culture, Manufacture and Commerce|E. R. Billings.

Though the plan savored of deserting the helpless girls, yet was he strong-minded enough to adopt it.
The Red Year|Louis Tracy
This strong-minded man, who thought things out for himself, impressed Tchaikovsky, and changed his political outlook.
The Life & Letters of Peter Ilich Tchaikovsky|Modeste Tchaikovsky
Meanwhile the American strong-minded female understood herself, it is to be charitably hoped, but understood herself alone.
Overland|John William De Forest
He was a strong-minded man—at least, everybody who got in his way had good reason to think so.
St. Nicholas, Vol. 5, No. 5, March, 1878|Various

British Dictionary definitions for strong-minded

strong-minded

adjective

having strength of mind; firm, resolute, and determined

Derived forms of strong-minded

strong-mindedly, adverbstrong-mindedness, noun

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