A strong woman is a woman determined to do something others are determined not be done.

The line defines “strength” not as physical power or stoic endurance but as purposeful resistance: a strong woman commits herself to an aim precisely where social pressure, institutional barriers, or other people’s interests insist the aim must fail or must not even be attempted. The emphasis on “determined” on both sides frames strength as a contest of wills—persistence against discouragement, gatekeeping, or outright prohibition. In that sense, the quote aligns with feminist traditions that locate women’s agency in refusing prescribed limits and in pursuing work, autonomy, or justice in the face of opposition. It also implies that strength is situational and relational: it becomes visible when there is something to push back against.