The New Woman’s Survival Catalog
Date
Credits
- Kirsten Grimstad 3 Editor
- Susan Rennie 3 Editor
- Rick Myers Designer
Format
- Catalog 86
Type of Work
- Book 135
Publishers
Techniques
- printing 701
Dimensions
Printed Pages
Locations Made
- United States 940
- New York 411
Links
Under second wave feminism, The New Woman’s Survival Catalog was a curation of significant, feminist cultural occurrences during the 1970s. The catalog featured informative bits such as testimonials and vital resources for women.
The book itself was a holder to many of the initiatives and protests happening across the country. The book itself is framed as a sales catalog and references the iconic Whole Earth Catalog. A wide pivot away from the domestic depictions of women and their roles in society in war propaganda posters, this catalog serves as a testament to a boon in alternative perspectives and experiences of womanhood.
The stylization of a sales catalog reinforces the idea that this information should be consumed in a mass consumerist, capitalist way, absorbed and distributed to others.
Publications like these truly attested to the networks of communities and the collective strength of the Women's Movement during this time and were an instrumental tool in uniting groups of women across different regional fronts.
Contextual information referenced from primaryinformation.org and Internet Archive
