Never before in history had societies thought that such a set of high expectations about marriage was either realistic or desirable. Although many Europeans and Americans found tremendous joy in building their relationships around these...

Just as some historians seemed more shocked that the author of the Declaration of Independence had sex with Sally Hemmings than by the fact that he owned her, Clinton received far more censure for his...

It wasn’t until the 1920s that a bare majority of children grew up in families where the father’s labor purchased the family’s provisions, while their mother did unpaid child care, elder care, and housework.The Great...