of wanted to thank you, stephanie coontz and everybody for coming. wanted to thank you, rebecca, for the introduction and a wanted to remind everybody that we have "the feminine mystique" for sale. maybe you will sign both. >> and not going to sign. that would be way to -- >> in any event, thank you very much and i hope everybody has a really good evening. >> for more information on stephanie coontz and her work, visit stephanie coontz dot com. >> c-span local content of vehicles are traveling the country visiting cities and towns as we explore our nation's history and some of the authors who have touched upon it through their work. this weekend on book tv rickie to downtown indianapolis for a look at the new kurt vonnegut memorial library. >> perhaps the greatest american writer. he was a world war ii veteran. he was a hoosier. he was a centrist. he was a political activist. he was a husband, a father, a friend, a friend to his fans pretty good right back to his fans. he wrote more than 30 pieces of work including plays, novels, short stories, some

stephanie coontz sites the publication and readership of betty friedan's "the feminine mystique" at the transformative moment for many women who began to question their familial and professional world. this is 75 minutes. >> i chose the title of this book from the first paragraph of betty friedan's book "the feminine mystique". i want to start by reading it and i will chat with you. the problem lay buried deeper still unspoken for many years in the minds of american women. it was a strange stirring, a sense of dissatisfaction, a year ending. each wife struggled with it as she made the bed, shop for groceries, matchbook cover material, 8 peanut butter sandwiches with the children, late beside her husband that night. she was afraid to ask even of herself as on the question is this all? people who read that book at the time 50 years later can sometimes still quote those words. sometimes betty friedan went on the woman would try to block that out with a tranquilizer or thought problems with her husband or her children or what she really needed to redecorate her house or move to a better nei

i hope everybody has a really good evening. >> for more information on stephanie coontz and her work, visit stephaniecoontz.com. >> publishers would he be has announced the nonfiction books that will be released this spring. here's 10 books in the category of history and military history in order of release date. sarah vowell unfamiliar officials will be released on march 22. on march 29y the good book by acc grayling and the great soul by joseph lelyved. and it will be available on april 12th. and on april 26th the floor of heaven, a true tale of the last frontier and the yukon gold rush. michael burly's book moral combat good and evil in world war ii will also be released sometime in april. on may 3rd, to end all wars, a story of loyalty and rebellion, 1914 to 1918 by adam hochschild will be out in june. and the liberator of latin america will be released. on june 13th, mightier than the sword "uncle tom's cabin" and the battle for america a book by david reynolds will be available. and on june 21st, independence the struggle to set america free by historian john furling will also b

thank you stephanie coontz and everybody for coming and rebecca for the introduction in. we have "a strange stirring" and "the feminine mystique" for sale. maybe you will sign both? [laughter] i don't know. >> host: i could not sign her book. that is way too much. [laughter] >> thank you very much. have a good evening. >> mr. gingrich can you tell us about your latest release standard text writing project? >> guest: sa if botha book on ronald reagan and start with the name rendezvous with reagan and came up with the idea we should do what an honor of his 100th birthday some lire excited to bring it out where that the reagan library and it lasted three and a half hours we were thrilled and there is a lot of interest because of the renewed interest of president reagan. >> host: what comes next? >> we have a book on american exceptional as some from regnery and is sold or not allowed in the fall and we're looking forward to both of those petitions by the shriveling of book reviews space and a lot of book review sections have folded, shrunk and it is harder to find informatio

. >> next, stephanie coontz, history and family studies professor at the evergreen state college reports on the generation of american women who were introduced to feminist politics in the early 1960s. ms. johnnie tuitel cites the 1963 publication and readership of betty friedan's "the feminine mystique" who began to question their familial and professional roles. this is about 75 minutes >> i chose the title from the great paragraph from fri-dan's book, "the feminine mystique" that and i want to start by reading that and i'll just chat to you. the problem lay buried, unspoken for nineteen years the book by friedan opens. it was a strange stirring. a sense of dissatisfaction. a yearning, each suburban wife struggled with it alone as she made the beds, shopped for groceries, matched slip cover material, ate peanut butter sandwiches with her children, chauffeured cup scouts laid beside her husband at night she was afraid to ask even herself the silent question is this all? people who read that book at the time 50 years later can sometimes still quote those words. sometimes friedan went on

. >>> next, stephanie coontz at the evergreen state college reports on the generation of american women who were introduced to feminis p