And she was and probably still is the perfect example of how to craft a female protagonist who a) doesn't alienate the male audience and b) potentially draws in a female audience. She's competent in a traditionally male context without sacrificing anything that fundamentally makes her a woman. One in a million character crafting that was only really ever approached elsewhere with Sarah Connor in Terminator 2: Judgement Day.

Shame that Sarah Connor was another character that was later destroyed by sub-par filmmakers.