How about the Thursday Next & the women in Jasper Ffords - The Ayre Affair? Jasper Fford is snarky.
How about Granny Weatherwax in Terry Pratchett's Diskworld series? Try "Wryd Sisters" or "Witches Abroad" or the Tiffany Aching series.
Or what about Susan - Deaths Granddaughter. She became a nanny for a household where the previous nanny kept the kids in bed by making them believe in the Monsters under the Bed. Susan taught them that the Monsters believed in the fireplace poker.
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