Articles by Stephanie Coontz, 2009

New York Times, "Till Children Do Us Part," February 5
Boston Globe, "Intimacies Unstuck," January 18

Articles Quoting Stephanie Coontz, 2009

Wall Street Journal, "No Waiting: Younger Women Are Saying Yes to Motherhood," Sue Shellenbarger, February 4
San Francisco Chronicle, "New data -- and new views -- on living together," Reyhan Harmanci, February 1
The Olympian, "Goodbye recliner, hello housework," Melissa Fletcher Stoeltje, January 29 January 29
Globe and Mail, "The First Family: Multiracial and International," Joe Friesen, January 23
New York Times, "My Universe Loses a Star," Michelle Slatalla, January 22
Seattle Post-Intelligencer, "Unemployed dads work to find their place at home," Paul Nyhap, January 22
New York Times, "Your Mother is Moving In? That's Great," Penelope Green, January 15
New York Times, "Daddy's Home, and a Bit Lost," Peg Tyre, January 11
San Jose Mercury News, "With more generations under one roof, U.S. families no longer shrinking," Mike Swift, January 11
Courrier International, "Je retourne chez ma fille," Emily Brandon, January 9
Huffington Post, "Guys and Dolls," Stephanie Fairyington, January 8

Television and radio appearances by Stephanie Coontz, 2009

La F.m., Bogota, January 30
RCN Radio Colombia, January 28
Interfaith Radio, January 11

Articles by Stephanie Coontz, 2008

Irish Examiner, "The Feminine Mystique: 45 years later," August 21, 2008; also published in Botswana Mmegi, Bahrain Tribune, Lahore Pakistan Daily Times.
Wall Street Journal, "Separate Peace," June 6
The Immanent Frame (Social Science Research Council), "The Future of Marriage," June 2
Columbia , the Magazine of Northwest History, "The Gender Gap, Looking Beyond the Sound Bite," Spring 2008
Huffington Post, "Sexism, Racism and Why Neither Should Matter in the Clinton-Obama Race," April 23
History News Network, "When Women and Blacks Fight to Get First in Line They Both Suffer," March 31
Newsday, "Spitzer scandal shows gender politics' inequality," March 14
Cato Unbound, "The Future of Marriage," January 14
Conscience, "The Validity of Marriage," Winter 2007-2008

Articles Quoting Stephanie Coontz, 2008

Seattle Post-Intelligencer, ""Working Dad: Economy will test parents, but some change is good," Paul Nyhan, Dec. 25
Chicago Tribune, "Some divorced parents celebrate Christmas as a family," Bonnie Miller Rubin, Dec. 25
San Antonio Express-News, "Researchers argue the merits of tying the knot later in life," Melissa Fletcher Stoeltje, Dec. 22
Newsweek, "Our Mutual Joy," Lisa Miller, Dec. 15
Augusta Chronicle, "A model for marriage," Stephanie Toone, Dec. 14, 2008
Washington Times, "First granny marks return of extended family," Karen Goldberg Goff, Dec. 10
MSNBC.com, "Many grooms still ask dad for her hand," AP, Dec. 10
Sacramento Bee, "Historians say marriage traditions have been fluid," Jennifer Garza, Nov. 29
Haaretz, "No rings attached," Orna Coussin, Nov. 26
Toronto Star, "Hard times felt in divorce courts," Jocelyn Noveck, Nov. 22
International Herald-Tribune, "In bad economy, breaking up is even harder to do," AP, Nov. 19
Christian Science Monitor, "Marriages follow the ups and downs of the economy," Marilyn Gardner , Nov. 17
Los Angeles Times, "Adult children moving back home with parents," Jeff Spurrier, Nov. 15
AP Wire, "In bad economy, breaking up is even harder," Nov. 14
Bend OR Bulletin, "Tough Talk for Tought Times," Alandra Johnson, Nov. 7
San Antonio Express-News, "His and Hers," Melissa Fletcher Stoeltje, Nov. 2
Wall Street Journal, "Another casualty emerges: family time," Sue Shellenbarger, Oct. 26
Kitsap Sun, "Love, Romance Both New to Marriage, Professor Says," Rachel Pritchett, Oct. 15
Examiner.com, "With Prop. 102, Arizona is poised to ban gay marriage," J.D. Tuccille, Oct. 15
U.S. News & World Report, "When Parents Move in With Their Adult Kids," Emily Brandon, October 6
Newsweek, "So Where's the Epidemic?," Kathleen Deveny, October 6
Chicago Sun-Times, "More older Americans moving in with kids," September 24
USA Today, "More parents move in with kids," Greg Toppo and Anthony DeBarros, September 23
The Christian Century Magazine, "Marriage debate," by Bonnie J. Miller-McLemore, September 23
Newsweek, "From Seneca Falls to... Sarah Palin?," Julia Baird, September 22
New Orleans Times-Picayune, "Odds are against young married couples, experts say," Carrie Stetler, September 17
AlterNet, "The Rise of Arranged Marriage in America ," Amy Williams and Amy DePaul, September 14
Wooster , OH , Daily Record, " Ashland Graduate Wins First Place for Persuasive Essay," Linda Hider, September 14
CNN.com, "We're married, sleeping separately," Diane Mapes, September 12
Fort Myers News Press, "Stress for Success," Jacquelyn Ferguson, September 9
Milford Daily News, "In parenting policies, the U.S. gets a ‘C'," Virginia Rutter, September 7
Chicago Tribune, "Marriage rarely a choice for pregnant teens, experts say," Bonnie Miller Rubin and John Keilman, September 4. Also in Omaha Herald
Seattle Post-Intelligencer, " Single
Shot: The Mercer Girls -- Pulling up stakes for a romantic relocation," Diane Mapes, August 29.
Sirens Magazine, "Why Young Women Delay Marriage," Erich Goode, August 27.
Atlanta 's Sunday Paper, "Is it time to throw out Georgia 's adultery law?," Stephanie Remage and Mark Woolsey, August 17.
Akron Beacon Journal, "Sex walks a fine line for teens," Rich Heldenfels, August 17
San Diego Union-Tribune, "Separated but together," Jenifer Goodwin, August 10
San Francisco Examiner.com, "Does cohabitation lead to divorce? Not really.," August 7.
USA Today, "Rules of Infidelity are Blurry," Sharon Jayson, June 30
Kansas City Star, "Gay marriages just part of a changing trend," Mary Sanchez, June 23
ABC News.com, "Paternity Leave: When a Week Isn't Enough," Michelle Goodman, June 12
Daily World ( Aberdeen , WA ), "Nationally known speaker here tomorrow," Callie White, June 6
Sunday Leader ( Colombo , Sri Lanka ), "Trophy Wives a Proven Prize," June 1
Workers World, " California ban on same-sex marriage overturned," Bob McCubbin, June 1
American Literary History, "The Real-Life Myth of the American Family," Leonard Cassuto, Vol. 20, Summer 2008
Newsweek, "Girls Gone Mild," Julia Baird, May 26
Chicago Tribune, "What happens when wife earns more?," Cindy Krischer Goodman, May 21
Buffalo News, "Seismic shift repositions milestones," Charity Vogel, May 12
Christian Science Monitor, "Was it easier being a mother in 1908?," Marilyn Gardner, May 8
San Jose Mercury News, "When men marry later, age gap is larger, researchers find," Mike Swift, May 7
USA Today, "Anwer if you dare: Which moms are best?," Craig Wilson and Maria Puente," May 5
CNN.Com, Arranged marriage gets high-tech twist, Jocelyn Voo, April 23
Chicago Tribune, "New look at kids' divorce trauma," Bonnie Miller Rubin, April 23
Baltimore Sun, "Men pitch in more at home," Susan Reimer, April 22
Washington Post, "Parents and Children at Odds in Defining Mr. or Mrs. Right," Shankar Vedantam, April 14
Sacramento Bee, "Obama does laundry; local power couples follow suit," M.S. Enkoji, April 2
Harper's Bazaar, "Baby Blues," Anamaria Wilson, April 2008
India Currents, "Two Men, Many Auntyjis, and a Baby," Sandhya Char, April 2008
Bitch, "Slap Happy," Jessica Wakeman, Issue 39, Spring 2008
Orange County Register, " Loyal-wife syndrome gets old," Jane Glenn Haas, March 23, 2008
Wall Street Journal, "In Search of Wedded Bliss: What Research Can Tell Us," Sue Shellenbarger, March 20
New York Times Blog, "When Men Stray, Is it Better if They Pay?," Tina Kelley, March 18
Kansas City Star, "Political wives: Stop suffering in silence," Mary Sanchez, March 16
Columbia News Service, "Women keep maiden names for more than feminist reasons," Lisa Cuprio, March 11
De Standaard ( Brussels ), "Trouwen is een optie geworden," Veerle Beel, March 8
MSNBC, "‘Sea change' seen in spouses' financial roles," Allison Linn, March 6
Wichita Eagle, "Dads doing more work at home and with kids," Frank Greve, March 7
Philadelphia Inquirer, "Unconventional Wisdom: Parenting stepchildren: A touchy job," Alfred Lubrano, February 23
Wall Street Journal, "Marrying Tradition and Modernity," Christine Whelan, February 22
USA Weekend, "Single and now a mom," Rochelle Sharpe, February 17
The Olympian, "The Single Life," Diane Huber, February 17
AP Wire, "Golden Wedding anniversary Streak," Rick Callahan, February 14
Miami Herald, " Who's the boss when she makes more money," Cindy Krischer Goodman, February 13
Sunday Paper ( Atlanta ), "Why conservative states divorce more than liberal states," Stephanie Ramage, February 10
San Antonio Express-News, "Yummy mummy," Melissa Fletcher Stoeltje, January 23
Time Magazine, " We Just Clicked," Lisa Takeuchi Cullen and Coco Masters, January 21
The Oregonian, "Gender Politics," David Sarasohn, January 20, 2008
Washington Post, "Bringing Up Babies, and Defying the Norm," Ian Shapira, January 15 (Also appeared in the Wichita Eagle, January 17)

Television and radio appearances by Stephanie Coontz, 2008

KGO, San Francisco , Christine Kraft Show, December 23
KCBS, San Francisco , November 29
KGO, San Francisco , November 10
WHRV, HearSay with Cathy Lewis, Hampton Roads, VA, August 29
Newstalk ( Ireland ), The Right Hook, August 21
KGO, San Francisco , July 30
KPFA, Against the Grain, Bay Area, July 21
Automotive Intelligence, Vancouver , BC , July 10
WFPL, State of Affairs , Louisville , July 8
Quantum Leaps, July 3
KCBS, San Francisco , June 21
KQED Forum with Michael Krasny, June 16
WVLN, Chicago , June 13
On Point, NPR, June 12
Fox News, May 9
Here and Now, NPR, February 13
KMTO ( Nevada Public Radio), February 12
CNN Weekend Prime, February 10
Maritime Morning Radio, Halifax , Nova Scotia , January 29

Articles by Stephanie Coontz, 2007

Hartford Courant, "Motherhood Stalls When Women Can't Work," May 13, 2007
Times of London, "How equality meant the end of gender stereotyping," April 11, 2007
Hartford Courant, "'Traditional Marriage' Isn't As Straightforward As All That," March 18, 2007 (Also in The Columbian, Vancouver Washington, Stars and Stripes, the San Jose Mercury News, the Youngstown, Ohio, Vindicator, Japan Times)
Philadelphia Inquirer, "How Dannielynn can be called lucky," March 11, 2007
Atlanta Journal-Constitution, "Fall of marriage: Love has a lot to do with it," February 25, 2007
The New York Times, "Illegitimate Complaints," February 18, 2007
The Boston Globe Magazine, "The Romantic Life of Brainiacs," February 18, 2007
The New Zealand Herald, "Marriage: who needs it?," January 6, 2007
Plus, interviews on BBC 1 and BBC 2, National Radio of New Zealand, Singapore radio, 3 Spanish radios, 1 station in Argentina, 1 station in Chile, 1 station in Norway, and 2 stations in The Netherlands

Articles Quoting Stephanie Coontz, 2007

Lexington Herald-Leader, "Marriage as social medicine," Mary Meehan, September 25, 2007
Orange County Register, " The divorce boom continues," Jane Glenn Hass, September 24, 2007
New York Times, "Putting Money on the Table," Alex Williams, September 23, 2007
The Oregonian, "Marriage today: Fewer ‘I do's' and more just ‘I's," Julie Sullivan and Betsy Hammond, September 23, 2007
USA Today, "Divorce threat persists throughout marriage," Sharon Jayson, September 20, 2007
Boston Globe, "The greedy marriage," Chris Berdik, September 16, 2007
USA Today, "As commutes begin earlier, new daily routines emerge," Larry Copeland, Haya El Nasser and Paul Overberg, September 12, 2007
San Jose Mercury News, "The newest minority in California? Married couples," Mike Swift, September 12, 2007
New York Times, "Mansions in the Sky," Christine Haughney, September 9, 2007
Cosmopolitan, "The Evolution of Love," Laura Gilbert, September 2007
Glasgow Daily Record (Scotland), ""Official: Husbands Skive Off Chores," September 3, 2007
Brain, Child Magazine, "Soccer Mom Loses Her Kick," Tracy Mayor, Fall 2007
bitch, "Multiply & Conquer," Kate Dixon, Fall 2007
The Politico, "Sex scandals hit conservatives hardest," Beth Frerking, August 29, 2007
USA Today, "Married women, unite! Husbands do far less housework," Sharon Jayson, August 29, 2007
New York Times, "Buy Low, Divorce High," Christine Haughney, August 12, 2007
New York Times Magazine, "Can This Marriage Be Saved?," Laurie Abraham, August 12, 2007
Toronto Globe and Mail, "Till death do us part," David Andreatta, August 9, 2007
Wall Street Journal, "To Our Kids, Our Jobs Are Talking, Typing. Are They Onto Us?," Jared Sandberg, July 17, 2007 (also in July 24 Arizona Republic)
Seattle Post-Intelligencer, "Balancing act of motherhood, full-time work losing favor," Paul Nyhan, July 13, 2007
Bloomberg.net, "Births to Unwed Mothers Increase to Record Proportion in U.S.," Elizabeth Lopatto, July 13, 2007
Philadelphia Inquirer, "Summer reading, fun to functional," Karen Heller, July 4, 2007
Newsweek, "The Myth of Boyhood," Jennie Yabroff, July 2, 2007
New York Times, "The Shelf Life of Bliss," Sam Roberts, July 1, 2007
AlterNet, "The Expensive Failure of Abstinence Education," Amy DePaul, June 19, 2007
The Olympian, "Stay-at-home dads do it all," Diane Huber, June 17 2007
The Sunday Paper, "Worth the wait," Diane Loupe, June 3, 2007
Women's Health, "The New I Do," Andrea Mallard, June 2007
Spokane Spokesman Review, " Family Flaws," Paul Turner, May 21, 2007
Jiji Press, Japan, "Single Women," Michiko Shiraishi, May 19, 2007
Washington Post, "Pushing the Motherhood Cause," Donna St. George, May 13, 2007
Detroit Free Press, "A generation gap in household skills doesn't diminish the love Michigan mothers and daughters share," Cassandra Spratling, May 12, 2007
Associated Press, "Marriage and divorce rates at two-decade low in Washington state, May 11, 2007
Seattle Post-Intelligencer, "Fewer in Washington state are marrying -- and divorcing," John Iwasaki, May 11, 2007
MSNBC, "U.S. divorce rate falls to lowest level since 1970," May 10, 2007
Women's eNews, "Support for Caretakers Missing from Mother's Day," Feiner and Barker, May 9, 2007
Tacoma News Tribune, "Gender roles come together in American families," Debbie Cafazzo, May 6, 2007
Chicago Sun-Times, "Changes in American families have been ‘messy'," Andrew Herrmann, May 3, 2007
Galveston Daily News, "Book on marriage details how love is fairly new," Mark Lardas, April 8, 2007
4Hoteliers (Hong Kong), "The Quest for Rest," Ian Jarrett, March 18, 2007
Seattle Times, "Who is and isn't marrying, and why," Michelle Goodman, March 18, 2007
Boston Globe, "Romney places focus on family," Scott Helman, March 11, 2007
New York Times, "To Have, Hold and Cherish, Until Bedtime," Tracie Rozhon, March 11, 2007
New York Times, "Diving the New Moral Code," Joyce Purnick, March 11, 2007
San Antonio Express-News, "Going it alone: More than half of U.S. women without a spouse," Melissa Fletcher Stoeltje, March 8, 2007 (Also in Kansas City Star andWinston-Salem Journal)
San Francisco Chronicle, "Kids R Not Us, Embracing the decision not to procreate," Katherine Seligman, March 4, 2007
Insurance Newsnet, "When Marketing, Life Insurers Target the Ever-Growing ‘Suddenly Singles,'" Caroline Saucer, February 23, 2006
Reading Eagle, "Women in the workplace, more bacon in the paycheck," Molly Selvin, February 20, 2007
Hartford Courant, "Taking a Marriage in for a Tuneup," Kethleen Megan, February 19, 2007
The Patriot News, "Marriage survives, but impact wanes," Mary Warner, February 19, 2007
BC Catholic, "Africa has AIDS: wqe have ‘huge marriage problem,'" Laureen McMahon, February 19, 2007
Centre Daily, "Wives bring home a bigger slice of the bacon," Molly Selvin, February 18, 2007
The Sunday Paper, Atlanta, "Love will keep us together," Stephanie Ramage, February 18, 2007
San Antonio Express-News, "Single life OK with these ladies," Melissa Fletcher Stoeltje, February 18, 2007
The Australian, "51 per cent of women can't be wrong," Susan Maushart, February 17, 2007
Hartford Courant, "Are Modern Standards Too High?," Joann Klimkiewicz, February 15, 2007
Hartford Courant, "Old rules are changing," Joann Klimkiewicz, February 14, 2007
North Jersey Herald News, "Erratic schedules rob time for romance," Heather Haddon, February 14, 2007
Fort Wayne Journal Gazette, "Breadwinning, her way," Molly Selvin, February 14, 2007
Monterey County Herald, "More wives becoming main breadwinner," Molly Selvin, February 13, 2007
Chicago Tribune, "More wives becoming main breadwinner," Molly Selvin, February 11, 2007
Newark Star-Ledger, "Marriage Dude," Kathleen O'Brien, February 11, 2007
Los Angeles Times, "More women are becoming breadwinners," Molly Selvin, February 4, 2007
More, "The Book of Love," February, 2007
Seattle Times, "There's a lot you can't do if you're not married," Liz Taylor, January 29, 2007
San Francisco Chronicle, "Women see less need for ol' ball and chain," C.W. Nevius, January 28, 2007
The Concord Monitor, "Domestic chimp, runaway bride," Hillary Nelson, January 28, 2007
World Magazine, "Sharing the freight," Andree Seu, January 27, 2007
Chronicle of Higher Education, "Threat level Lavender: the Truthiness of Gay Marriage," Suzanna Danuta Walters, January 19, 2007
The Australian, "Most US women single," January 18, 2007
The Guardian, "Single or bust," Laura Barcella, January 17, 2007
New York Times, "51% of Women Are Now Living Without Spouse," Sam Roberts, January 16, 2007

Television and Radio Appearances by Stephanie Coontz, 2007

Television and radio appearances by Stephanie Coontz, 2007
K-LOVE and Air 1, September 30,2007
WBAI Radio (NY), September 24, 2007
Voice of America, September 21, 2007
KGO Radio (SF), September 12, 2007
KNIX Radio (LA), September 12, 2007
KCBS Radio News (LA), September 12, 2007
WILL (Urbana NPR) Focus 580, September 7, 2007
KUOW (Seattle NPR), September 6, 2007
WPOR, August 21, 2007
KSRO, July 3, 2007
Washington Post Radio, July 2, 2007
WAMU, Kojo Nnamdi Show, June 7, 2007
Oregon Territory, June 1, 2007
Wisconsin Public Radio, May 31, 2007
20/20, ABC Television, May 18, 2007
KALW, San Francisco, May 14, 2007
WBBR, Bloomberg Radio, "Simply Put," March 9, 2007
KSTP TV, Minneapolis/St. Paul, March 7, 2007
WCCO TV, Minneapolis/St. Paul, March 7, 2007
Washington Post Radio, March 5, 2007
BBC 4, February 25, 2007
Marketplace, NPR, February 16, 2007
The Tavis Smiley Show, NPR, February 14, 2007
Voice of America, January 26, 2007

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