No you are dead on. She was my favorite character from the books.
My favorite passage:
“But no living man am I! You look upon a woman. Éowyn I am, Éomund’s daughter. You stand between me and my lord and kin. Begone, if you be not deathless! For living or dark undead, I will smite you, if you touch him.”
I was a very young lad at the time I read this and I believe it helped to influence me that there is nothing a woman can't do that a man can do. Which led to me instilling in that belief in my two daughters. It is funny what simple things can influence us in significant ways. I have never forgotten this passage.
The ears got me thinking elves, which led to Lord of the Rings which led to Éowyn.