>>115797688I'd say a character being able to push through hardships and failures is a more admirable show of strength than physical prowess, along with showing they can grow from their mistakes. To have power over the story they also need to hold strong beliefs or ambitions that they strive to achieve, as
>>115797724 said. Many writers fail to write good strong females because they don't give them any strong characteristics past generic superficial ones like being fit and swinging big weapons around.