August 27, 2001

Author Stephanie Coontz To Speak At WKU On Sept. 11

Bowling Green, Ky. - Stephanie Coontz, the author of six books about changes in family life, will visit Western Kentucky University on Sept. 11.

"Ozzie and Harriet Don't Live Here Any More: Coming to Terms with America's Changing Families" will be the topic of her lecture at 8 p.m. Sept. 11 at Grise Hall Auditorium. A book signing will follow the presentation.

Coontz teaches family studies at The Evergreen State College in Olympia, Wash. Her books on family history, gender roles and family issues include "The Way We Never Were: American Families and the Nostalgia Trap"; "The Way We Really Are: Coming to Terms with America's Changing Families"; and "American Families: A Multicultural Reader."

The visit by Coontz is part of the Fall 2001 Colloquia Series sponsored by the Women's Studies Program Gail Martin Lecture Series, the Rodes-Helm Lecture Series and the Campus Activity Board.

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