Madame Professor Minerva McGonnagal

35/50 fictional female challenge
 
I love Minerva McGonnagal. I always wished I could have a teacher just like her. She is my favorite professor from Hogwarts.
 
from harrypotter.wiki
Madam Professor Minerva McGonagall (b. 4 October, 1935) was a witch and Animagus who attended Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry from 1947 to 1954 and was Sorted into Gryffindor House. After her education, she worked for two years at the Ministry of Magic and later returned to Hogwarts, where she became Head of Gryffindor House, Transfiguration professor and concurrently, at differing times, Deputy Headmistress and Headmistress of Hogwarts.
 
McGonagall was also a member of the First and Second Order of the Phoenix. In 1995, she opposed Dolores Umbridge, the High Inquisitor of Hogwarts. She also protected the students from Alecto and Amycus Carrow from 1997 until 1998, and as part of this resistance movement, fought in several battles of both wars, including the Battle of the Astronomy Tower and the Battle of Hogwarts (where she led the resistance against Lord Voldemort).
 
She survived the Second Wizarding War and continued her job as Headmistress for at least ten years, and retired sometime in the 2000s or 2010s.