Inspirational can be a subjective term. While at ELLE its our job to inspire for the season ahead, there are a whole host of female icons who haveshaped our lives over the past few decades. Whether we draw from their career, style, charity work or their fearless attitude, we thought it was high time to pay tribute to the most inspirational women of past and present. So here it is: ELLEs definitive list of the models and designers we worship, and iconic actresses, creative dressers, motivational fundraisers and directional go-getters who are ruling this world