The New Woman's Survival Catalog by Kirsten Grimstad and Susan Rennie

A feminist book edited and published by Kirsten Grimstad and Susan Rennie in 1973. As mentioned in the preface, "The New Woman's Survival Catalog" is "a positive attempt to rebuild culture by changing values ​​and consciousness," and I feel the development potential of the second-wave feminist movement. It is a book that can be done.

This book, which Grimstad and Lenny created in just five months, is based on the style of the Whole Earth Catalog, which was launched by Stewart Brand and had a great influence on subcultures. It has a strong legacy and attempts to map the vast network of feminist alternative cultural activism in the 1970s. Grimstad and Rennie undertook a two-month road trip in the summer of 1973 to meet and interview all the organizations and individuals featured and to gather further references and information to complete the book.

This book has helped the national feminist movement and the , providing important insights into activity. It looks like a sales catalog, but consists of listings, organizational descriptions, articles, extensive illustrations, and a "making a book" section detailing the creation of the publication.

Kirsten Grimstad and Susan Rennie, co-editors of The New Woman's Survival Catalog and The New Woman's Survival Sourcebook, published in downtown Los Angeles from 1977 to 1981. Co-founded Chrysalis: A Magazine of Women's Culture, a magazine published by Woman's Building.

First edition 4000 copies.

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Title: The New Woman's Survival Catalog
Artist: Kirsten Grimstad and Susan Rennie
Primary Information, 2019
Softcover, 367 x 276 mm
224 pages
First edition of 4000 copies
ISBN: 9781732098671
¥4,300 + tax