Retired veteran firefighter Cat Renar has spent the past eight years compiling 'Chicago Strong: The Real Women of Chicago Fire,' a coffee table book that highlights the contributions and experiences of female firefighters and medics.
A new book is celebrating the diverse strengths that women bring to the Chicago Fire Department.Retired veteran firefighter Cat Renar has spent the past eight years compiling " Chicago Strong: The Real Women of Chicago Fire," a coffee table book that highlights the contributions and experiences of female firefighters and medics."The women on this job are really what inspired me," said Renar, who served with the CFD for 20 years.
The project soon evolved into a coffee table book, funded by a successful Kickstarter campaign that raised the necessary funds in just two days.Priced at $65, "Chicago Strong" features graphic design and photography primarily by Renar, with technical support from her husband, also a photographer."Coordinating our schedules was the hardest part of the whole book," Renar noted.
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