 Published within a year of several other high-profile feminist works – Naomi Wolf's "The Beauty Myth" (1990), Gloria Steinem's "Revolution From Within" (1992), and Marilyn French's "The War Against Women" (1992) – Faludi's book garnered front page attention in national newspapers and magazines, and interviews of its author on television and radio.As a best-seller, "Backlash" rejuvenated feminist discussion in the media, and established Faludi as a leading spokesperson for women's issues in the 1990s.Faludi was inspired to write "Backlash" after investigating the statistics behind a 1986 "Newsweek" cover story that reported on a Harvard-Yale study detailing the bleak marital prospects for single, educated career women.