How about Jill in The Last Battle? King Tirian says that she couldn't be more woodwise if she had dryad's blood in her. < g >
Of course, you're right. I think Lewis was a little more sensitive to that criticism in the later books. (He wrote them over a period of several years.)
2) Aslan says in the LWW that wars are ugly when girls fight in them.
Wars ARE ugly when women fight --
Yes, that is common sense, but common sense usually has nothing to do political correctness.
Aravis Tarkheena.
Aravis. Thank you. I could not remember her name. I love her character.
And Dwarves aren't Caucasian -- they're a different SPECIES
You're right that the dwarves are not sons of Adam, but I think of all the human-like creatures in Narnia as Caucasian--centaurs, satyrs, giants, witches, etc. I really was just trying to point out that although the dwarves were called black dwarves, they were Caucasian (white), not dark-skinned.
I like Aravis a lot too. She has grit (and quite a mouth on her, in a knightly sort of way.) One of my favorite scenes is of her telling the story of her escape to Bree, Hwin, and Shasta (Cor), with all the interruptions and asides. "'I didn't say it nearly as well as that,' muttered the mare. 'Hush! You're spoiling the story,' said Bree, who was enjoying himself immensely."