Quotes About Stephanie Coontz

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

A primary motivation for introducing no-fault divorce was, in fact, to reduce perjury in the legal system.

During the 1960s, rising real wages for low-income and high-income workers, due in part to rapid economic growth and the spread of unionization, worked in tandem with expanding government support systems to improve Americans' well-being.

Today married people in Western Europe and North America are generally happier, healthier, and better protected against economic setbacks and psychological depression than people in any other living arrangement.

The idea that academics should remain ''above the fray'' only gives ideologues license to misuse our work.