Author: Stephanie Coontz

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Establishing a 'livable wage' floor would immediately reduce the gap in average pay between American women and men.

Establishing a 'livable wage' floor would immediately reduce the gap in average pay between American women and men.

- Stephanie Coontz

Having more education is one of the biggest predictors of women having careers.

Having more education is one of the biggest predictors of women having careers.

- Stephanie Coontz

As time passes, the actual complexity of our history - even of our own personal experience - gets buried under the weight of the ideal image.

As time passes, the actual complexity of our history - even of our own personal experience - gets buried under the weight of the ideal image.

- Stephanie Coontz

People feel better when their spouses have good friendships, over and above the effects of their own friendships.

People feel better when their spouses have good friendships, over and above the effects of their own friendships.

- Stephanie Coontz

Inequality was written into the creation of the American Republic when our Founding Fathers denied voting rights to women.

Inequality was written into the creation of the American Republic when our Founding Fathers denied voting rights to women.

- Stephanie Coontz

Usually, Valentine's Day comes and goes with just a day or two of news media attention to courtship and marriage.

Usually, Valentine's Day comes and goes with just a day or two of news media attention to courtship and marriage.

- Stephanie Coontz

Couples need time alone to renew their relationship. They also need to sustain supportive networks of friends and family.

Couples need time alone to renew their relationship. They also need to sustain supportive networks of friends and family.

- Stephanie Coontz

Rising inequality has changed family dynamics for all socioeconomic groups.

Rising inequality has changed family dynamics for all socioeconomic groups.

- Stephanie Coontz

No single choice about how to organize work and family life is right or possible - for every family. And every choice has tradeoffs.

No single choice about how to organize work and family life is right or possible - for every family. And every choice has tradeoffs.

- Stephanie Coontz

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