Ethel Johnston Phelps 
Kamala 
Feminist Folktales from Around the World

In this second volume of folktales, a Punjabi woman outwits seven ruthless thieves, an Incan girl restores harmony to the empire, and a mischievous Norwegian lass thwarts her entitled landowner. Spanning centuries and continents,
Kamala recalls how the dazzling courage, cleverness, and power of women have always held our world together.

About the author

Ethel Johnston Phelps (1914-1984) held a master’s degree in Medieval Literature, co-edited a Ricardian journal, and published several articles on fifteenth-century subjects. She compiled two anthologies of feminist folk tales from around the world,
Tatterhood and
The Maid of the North.


Suki Boynton is an artist, illustrator, and the senior graphic designer at the Feminist Press. She is a graduate of Connecticut College with a BA in art history and has a degree in graphic design from the Art Institute of Charleston, SC. She currently lives in Newark, NJ.


Kate Schatz is the
New York Times bestselling author of
Rad American Women A-Z, a children’s book (for everyone) published by City Lights Books. Her book of fiction,
Rid of Me: A Story, was published in 2006 as part of the acclaimed 33 1/3 series.