Articles

If you read one book this year about the state of marriage today, make it Stephanie Coontz’s new one, For Better and Worse (Viking, 2026). Stephanie Coontz's new book reminds us why and how gender matters. Psychology Today, June 24, 2026

Stephanie Coontz shares five key insights from her new book, For Better and Worse: The Complicated Past and Challenging Future of Marriage. The Surprising History of Marriage

America’s Marriage Historian Says We’re in a Tug-of-War With the Past. At home, Stephanie Coontz is fighting old gender scripts just like everyone else. New York Magazine, June 4, 2026

To find a future for the institution, we need to accurately account for its wildly varying past. How to Save Marriage, June 4, 2026

Stephanie Coontz, the Public Intellectual Role the Academy Forgot, and What Serious History Still Can Do.  The Historian Who Changed How America Thinks About Marriage

For Better and Worse brings us up to the present, not just updating of the story she has told for decades, but reflecting the process of continuously studying and learning that should be a model for any scholar working today. Stephanie Coontz brings it home with For Better and Worse