Joan of Arc
Florence Nightingale
Jane Austen
Emily and Anne Bronte
Queen Elizabeth 1st
Mother Teresa (unless of course being married to "God" counts)
Oprah Winfrey
Diane Keeton Naomi Campbell
Cameron Diaz
Sheryl Crow
Winona Ryder
Kylie Minogue
All successful, talented, strong, independant women.
Please feel to add suggestions to this list of any other Spinsters of note, whether alive or death departed. Thanks