Courageous women in hospital attending older European revolutionary (8)
I believe the answer is:
heroines
'courageous women' is the definition.
'heroines' can be an answer for 'women' (heroine is a kind of woman). I'm unsure of the 'courageous' bit.
'hospital attending older european revolutionary' is the wordplay.
'hospital' becomes 'H' (abbreviation for hospital).
'attending' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'older' becomes 'senior' (synonyms).
'european' becomes 'e' (abbreviation e.g. EU).
'revolutionary' says the letters should be written backwards (letters revolve around).
'senior'+'e'='seniore'
'seniore' written backwards gives 'eroines'.
'h'+'eroines'='HEROINES'
'in' acts as a link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for heroines that I've seen before include "Female lead characters" , "leading actresses" , "Main female characters in a work of fiction" , "Literary leading ladies" , "Women of brave and noble deeds" .)