Welcome to Stephanie Coontz's official website!

Stephanie Coontz ImageStephanie 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.

Stephanie Coontz's latest book is "A Strange Stirring"

Learn More about "A Strange Stirring"

Stephanie Coontz on the PBS News Hour with Ray Suarez, December 30, 2011

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Stephanie Coontz on The Colbert Report, February 23, 2011

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New Articles by Stephanie Coontz

Interviews

Just 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

Lectures and Other Speaking Engagements 2011-12

 

Stay tuned for more events. To arrange a bookstore event or press appearance, contact cassie.nelson@perseusbooks.com

Coontz is available for lectures and other speaking engagements through the Jodi Solomon Speakers Bureau: jodi@jodisolomon.biz or visit www.jodisolomonspeakers.com. Professional organizations can reach her directly at: coontzs@evergreen.edu. For a list of possible topics and titles, see Lecture Topics.

Other Books by Stephanie Coontz!

Look for Stephanie's new book, just published by Basic Books on January 11, 2011:
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."

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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