Abstract
The article analyzes female images in the works of the author Zhumabai Shashtaevich. A comparative analysis of the image of Khanymkul in the story «Aspankora» and the image of Sholpan in the story of Magzhan Zhumabayev «The Transgression of Sholpan» is carried out, typological features of images, ways of their creation are revealed, motives and the author's position in creating the character of the character are determined. The image of Kalamkasin this story and the image of Kadirsiz in the story "Saigachonochya coolness" (cold wind at the end of May) was analyzed and proved that they represent atypical image of traditional Kazakh women.