March 13, 2013, Stephanie Coontz and “The Feminine Mystique” Symposium
Acclaimed author, historian, and faculty member at Evergreen State College Stephanie Coontz visited the University of Florida on March 13 for a symposium focusing on her groundbreaking research into the history of family policy and women’s activism in America.
- In the News: Gainesville Sun’s “Treat Women’s Rights as a Human Rights Issue, Experts Say,” (opens in new tab) March 13, 2013
- The Independent Florida Alligator’s “Author gives talk on marriage, family policy” (opens in new tab) on March 14, 2013
- Event News Release
In the afternoon, Coontz participated in a campus roundtable discussion in the Ustler Hall Atrium focusing on her acclaimed book, “A Strange Stirring: The Feminine Mystique and American Women at the Dawning of the 1960s” at 2:30 p.m. In the evening, she gave a public presentation, “Madmen, Working ‘Girls’, and Desperate Housewives: Women, Men and Marriage in 1963 and 2013,” at 6 p.m. in Pugh Hall. The event also included a book signing.
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The event was sponsored by the Samuel Proctor Oral History Program and the Center for Women’s Studies and Gender Research (opens in new tab), and co-sponsored by the Bob Graham Center for Public Service (opens in new tab), the Department of English (opens in new tab), Philip Wegner, Marston-Milbauer Eminent Scholar Chair, the George A. Smathers Library (opens in new tab), and the Journal of Family Issues (opens in new tab).
Photos by Diana Moreno.