The Maid of the North: Feminist Folk Tales from Around the World African American Demographic Studies (Books) With quiet joy

With quiet joy

ISBN13: 9780310607700 ISBN10: 0310607701 Material Type: paperback

as well as a writer of firefighting articles and finally of a fact-based novel

In November 1994 the Republicans won control of both Houses of Congress for the first time in 40 years in a victory they immediately dubbed the Republican Revolution

The Maid of the North: Feminist Folk Tales from Around the World African American Demographic Studies (Books) With quiet joyThe Maid of the North weaves together tales about a woman's right to freedom of will and choice. In this collection of mostly nineteenth century folk and fairy tales, Ethel Johnston Phelps's heroines successfully portray women as being spirited, courageous and smart. This type of heroine is not easily found in most collections; in most traditional folk and fairy tales we encounter women are portrayed as being good, obedient, submissive, and, of