History Main / LadyOfAdventure

* Charley Pollard in the AudioPlay/BigFinishDoctorWho audios, who (originating in the actual Edwardian era) frequently describes herself in these exact words.

Compare and contrast LadyOfWar. Often wears a ladylike AdventurerOutfit.

* In the ''Literature/{{Discworld}}'' of Creator/AAPessimal, marginal canonical character Miss Alice Band is this. Daughter of n archbishop, and now a senior tutor at the Assassins' Guild School, the elegant and ladylike Alice combines taking on ''interesting'' Guild contracts, relaxes with a little recreational [[Franchise/TombRaider Stealth Archaeology]], and then passes her skills and knowledge to the student Assassins she teaches.

* Goldie of ''GoldieGoldAndActionJack''.

* Sarah Jane Smith to a small extent in ''Series/TheSarahJaneAdventures''.

* Romana ([[TheNthDoctor both of her]]) in ''Series/DoctorWho''.

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* Jane Porter of Franchise/Tarzan gets this characterization in her Dynamite Comics appearances, most notably in the ''Swords of Sorrow'' crossover.

* Evadne Stephens from ''Literature/TheExtraordinaires''.

* In the ''Literature/{{Discworld}}'' of Creator/AAPessimal, marginal canonical character Miss Alice Band is this. Daughter of a senior bishop and a senior tutor at the Assassins' Guild School, the elegant and ladylike Alice combines taking on ''interesting'' Guild contracts, relaxes with a little recreational [[Franchise/TombRaider Stealth Archaeology]], and then passes her skills and knowledge to the student Assassins she teaches.

* In the ''{{Discworld}}'' of Creator/AAPessimal, marginal canonical character Miss Alice Band is this. Daughter of a senior bishop and a senior tutor at the Assassins' Guild School, the elegant and ladylike Alice combines taking on ''interesting'' Guild contracts, relaxes with a little recreational [[Franchise/TombRaider Stealth Archaeology]], and then passes her skills and knowledge to the student Assassins she teaches.

* [[Literature/SherlockHolmes Irene Adler]]

* In the ''{{Discworld}}'' of Creator/AAPessimal, marginal canonical character Miss alice Band is this. Daughter of a senior bishop and a senior tutor at the Assassins' Guild School, the elegant and ladylike Alice combines taking on ''interesting'' Guild contracts, relaxes with a little recreational [[Franchise/TombRaider Stealth Archaeology]], and then passes her skills and knowledge to the student Assassins she teaches.

* Jade English of ''{{Webcomic/Homestuck}}'': Adoptive granddaughter of [[GodSaveUsFromTheQueen Betty Crocker]] and [[CaptainErsatz Colonel]] [[MarkTwain Sassacre]], something of a GadgeteerGenius, and a counterrevolutionary who maintains a secret base on a tropical island filled with fantastic beasts.

* [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gertrude_Bell Gertrude Bell]] (1868 – 1926), was a RealLife AdventureArchaeologist who served as a spy and diplomat in the Middle East during World War I, was a mentor to the famous LawrenceOfArabia, and played a major role in reshaping the Middle East after the fall of the Ottoman Empire following the war. She founded the Iraqi Archaeological Museum ([[WhyWeCantHaveNiceThings which was sadly extensively looted during the 2003 invasion]]) and is still remembered with fondness among the people of the region, no small accomplishment for both a foreigner and a woman.

The LadyOfWar crossed with the GentlemanAdventurer. She doesn't just find excitement -- she specifically seeks it out. She thinks nothing of beating up {{pirates}} off the coast of [[UsefulNotes/UnitedArabEmirates the Trucial States]] or outwitting remnant tribes of {{Mayincatec}} [[ImAHumanitarian humanitarians]].

Most often, she will have no powers of her own to speak of (though she may have some small degree of [[ActionGirl physical prowess]]), but will surround herself with a [[TrueCompanions band of friends]] that will help her on her travails. Will almost certainly live to become a CoolOldLady.

* In Geoph Essex's ''Jackrabbit Messiah'', old [[CoolOldLady Maggie Calloway]] is obviously a Lady Adventurer from an earlier time, with her AdventurerOutfit and unsubtle similarity to classic fiery KatharineHepburn characters.

* Elizabeth Swann in ''PiratesOfTheCaribbean''.

* Nalia De'Arnise in ''[[VideoGame/BaldursGate Baldur's Gate II]]'' is actually a noble, but has decided to [[NoblesWhoDoSomething actually do something]] instead of just sitting around at her families castle. Though she's not exactly very good at that before she joins the players group.

* ''{{Tarzan}}'': Jane Porter, a well-off English gentlewoman is happy to head into the depths of the African jungle with her scientist father. In fact she enjoys the jungle so much she decides to live their permanently, lives in a treehouse and even learns tree surfing and vine swinging from her husband. The spin off TV series ''TheLegendOfTarzan'' has her involved in all manner of adventures from rogue elephants, leopard men and escaped fugitives.