One of the great feminist moments in my life was when I found out that Samus Aran was actually a woman! I thought that was, to me, a real primer on living a modern integrated life. That was huge for kids, to find out that Metroid's protagonist, Samus Aran, was female.
Yeah, Samus is a woman. Which is awesome. And if you look at the year, 1987? That's progressive.