Joan Jett, Sarah Jezebel Deva, Linsdsay Schoolcraft, Stevie Nicks, Pat Benatar--These ladies really rock in my opinion!!
I forgot to add Courtney Love!! 8-]]
There is Girlschool from the UK, Precious Metal (us) was a favorite, Rock Goddess (uk), Princess Pang (us), Phantom Blue (us), Vixen (us), Joan Jett, Lita Ford, Hellion, Lee Aaron (can), Doro (ger), Nightwish, Femme Fatale (us) etc...Then there is the real heavy rockers from Holy Moses (ger) and Arch Enemy (swe)
I also forgot about Within Temptation's lead singer which is female..
I love me some angry girl bands! That being said, women who rock, rock from a really fundamental place (The Uterus?) so it's very pure and sincere. UNLESS it's not and those bitches ain't on my list.
Pussy Riot, L7, Runaways, Exene Cervenka (X), Annette Funicello, Bikini Kill, Sue Tissue (Suburban Lawns), Poison Ivy Rorschach (The Cramps), Alice Bag (The Bags), Helen Keller, The Donnas, Laurie Partridge (Partridge Family), Tracy Lee (Red Kross & Castration Squad), Candye Kane, Monica Lewinski (The Wipe Your Chinskis), [The Girl from] Tiny Masters of Today, Cher, Penelope Houston (The Avengers), Gaye Advert (The Adverts), Suckdog, The Slits, Dianne (The Alley Cats), Siouxsie (Siouxsie & the Banshees), Adam Ant,