One of the "real life" women, Mumtaz Mahal of Taj Mahal fame, is cited as one of the ideal women who possessed both an angelic and a human side. The book takes many of its sources from historical women and from examples provided in classic literature. The book serves as a touchstone for those of the anti-feminist persuasion. It has been translated into seven languages. The book's self-published edition sold over 400,000 copies, and since being published by Random House, the book has sold more than 2 million copies.
According to Time magazine, Andelin wrote Fascinating Womanhood when "she felt her own marriage wasn't the romantic love affair she had dreamed of." Derived from a set of booklets published in the 1920s and 1930s by the Psychological Press, the book seeks to help traditionally-minded women to make their marriages "a lifelong love affair".
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