RIP Diana Riggs,
she was?.. i was younger when i watched Bond...Man from Uncle , T.H.E Cat... they had 'Honey west' on back then one of my friends had her action figure that had a 'kick' and her arm snapped up to point her sidearm.
Ms Rigg's characters then, were polished, sophisticated and 'didn't need a guy to save them"..its is something i instilled in my girls and am doing with my grand daughters, My wife liked that, she was a bit quiet in school, but she grew a little more confident as we moved through life, until she passed.
Sure there were the 'bombshells' but they were normally dainty airheads, needing to be saved... Mrs Peel and 'Mrs" Bond could handle themselves with out being contrived or waving a flag about it.
My games have many NPCs that are women , and they run the gambit of normal women, the hard core warriors?.. and it came from watching some of the pioneers, make a statement for women in adventure/Sci-Fi genres..books..TV or Movies.