Stephanie Coontz teaches history and family studies at The Evergreen State College in Olympia, WA. She also serves as Co-Chair and Director of Public Education at the Council on Contemporary Families, a non-profit, nonpartisan association of family researchers and practitioners based at the University of Illinois at Chicago. Her work has been featured in many newspapers such as The New York Times, as well as scholarly journals such as Journal of Marriage and Family, and she is frequently interviewed on national television and radio.
The masculine mystique
Author Stephanie Coontz joins The Cycle to talk about the male mystique and what it means to be a man in today's world. March 6, 2013
How far have we really come since the Mad Men days? The Cycle | Aired on February 19, 2013
Coontz discusses The Feminine Mystique with Gail Collins and other panelists on NYT Room for Debate, Feb 14, 2013
How did The Feminine Influence You Personally and Professionally, published on Jan 22, 2013
New Articles by Stephanie Coontz
- Beware Social Nostalgia The New York Times Sunday Review, May 18, 2013
- Why Gender Equality Stalled The New York Times The Opinion Pages, February 16, 2013
- The Myth of Male Decline The New York Times, September 29, 2012
Recently Released: A Strange Stirring: The Feminine Mystique and American Women at the Dawn of the 1960s
Based on extensive research on postwar gender roles and nearly 200 interviews with women and men who read Betty Friedan's The Feminine Mystique in 1963 and 1964, A Strange Stirring introduces us to the dilemmas and discontents of the wives and daughters of "The Greatest Generation" – the real life counterparts of the characters on tv's hit show, "Mad Men." Please visit the Strange Stirring page to see the latest reviews and articles about this new book. Learn More about "A Strange Stirring"
- Coontz Available for Interviews (Word)
- Coontz Press Release (Word)
Other Books by Stephanie Coontz!
Marriage, A History, selected as one of the best books of 2005 by The Washington Post . Please visit the Marriage, A History page on this website for more information about this title, including availability.
The Way We Never Were
The Way We Really Are
The Social Origins of Private Life
Coontz recently published an expanded version of American Families: A Multicultural Reader, edited with two of her former students .
For a list of recent speaking engagements, refer to Coontz's Curriculum Vita (pdf) .
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