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De Geuzen (a foundation for multi-visual research), Female Icons, 2010

A selection of Female Icons who were submitted online and tagged by the public between 2006-2010. The multi-faceted project, exploring what makes a woman iconic, existed not only online, but also included workshops and public events. This selection includes: 

Charlotte Mutsaers (authorship, brave, character, creative, daring, diva, funny, grounded, guts, heroine, herself, humor, practices what she preaches, recalcitrant, rolemodel, spirit, straightforward, strength, strict, strong will, talented, work, writing )
Irena Sendlerowa (ahead of her time, altruism, altruistic, beauty, bold, brains, brave, Careless of opinion, champion, character, defiant, determination, good deeds, human rights champion, icon of a nation, intensity, one of a kind, passion, principles, radical, rolemodel, saintly, strength, strong will, subversion and rebellion, superhero, warrior)
Marilyn Monroe (beauty, personal tragedy, sex appeal)
Jo Lemaire (a female fantasy, a male fantasy, androgynism, beautiful, bold, classic, eclectic, electric, grotesque, householdname, music, of her time, power, recalcitrant, stayer, tireless)
Doris Lessing (ahead of her time, authorship, bold, brains, Careless of opinion, character, contentious, controversial, determination, feminism, guts, nobel prize winner, one of a kind, passion, persistance, phenomenal, radical, strength, strong will, subversion and rebellion, voice, warrior, wit, writing)
Serena Williams (sex appeal, speed, strength)
Nina Hagen (camp, diva, dragability, glamour, heroine, of her time, one of a kind, practices what she preaches, presence, recalcitrant, rolemodel, screamer, subversion and rebellion, superhero, tireless, voice, wow-factor)
Simone de Beauvoir (feminism, ideas, theories, writing)
Laurie Anderson (early adaptor, ideas, voice)
Margaret Thatcher (androgynism, authority, persistance, strength)
Vivienne Westwood (balls, beautiful, bold, brains, brave, camp, Careless of opinion, character, charisma, classic, dandy, diva, dragability, glamour, icon of a nation, inventor and celebrity, masquerade, sex appeal, strong will, subversion and rebellion, talented, thoroughness, voice, warm, warrior, wit)
Wonder Woman (a male fantasy, beautiful, bold, classic, disguises, dragability, exposure, glamour, good deeds, plastic, power, rolemodel, speed, strength, strong will, superhero)
Emma Goldman (activism, ahead of her time, author of manifestos, authorship, brains, brave, controversial, critic, feminism, ideas, intellect, intensity, outspoken, performance, pioneer, political, radical, subversion and rebellion, voice)
Maria Eva Duarte de Peron (a captain, controversial, critic, integrity, inteligence and beauty, organizer, passion, personal tragedy, political, radical, spirit, womens rights activist)
Rosa Luxemburg (bold, brains, character, determination, feminism, intellect, intensity, personal tragedy)
Janis Joplin (ahead of her time, beautiful, brave, Careless of opinion, character, charisma, diva, guts, humor, ideas, inteligence and beauty, intensity', inventrix, martyr, naughty, of her time, personal tragedy, phenomenal, power, sex appeal, strength, strong will, subversion and rebellion, talented, voice)
Rosa Parks (ahead of her time, bold, character, icon of a nation) 
Martina Navritalova (champion, character, classic, determination, power, precision, sex appeal, strength, talented)
Valie Export (a female fantasy, activism, ahead of her time, amazing, body, bold, brains, character, contentious, controversial, critic, defiant, determination, far out, fearless, feminism, funny, happy, herself, intellect, intensity, one of a kind, performance, political, practices what she preaches, radiant, radical, strength, strong will, subversion and rebellion, warrior', wow-factor)