Depressingly, by the standards of the time in which it was written and published, this was about as "feminist" as you could expect.
And yet Dracula blows them out of the water. Mina not only has agency, she's an active participant in the plot. (She figures out her connection with Dracula goes both ways and volunteers to be spy equipment! Things don't just happen to her!) It also passes the Bechdel test, for what that's worth these days.
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And yet Dracula blows them out of the water. Mina not only has agency, she's an active participant in the plot. (She figures out her connection with Dracula goes both ways and volunteers to be spy equipment! Things don't just happen to her!) It also passes the Bechdel test, for what that's worth these days.