 Her photographs were republished in the New York Times, and featured in the St. Louis Post Despatch.While at Hofstra University, her photographic work was exhibited as part of the University's "Focus on India" presentation in 1962, and in 1963 Hofstra showed Steed photographs of Hindu and Muslim villagers.That same year Steed held the exhibition "Child Life in Village India" at the New Canaan Art Association Gallery in Connecticut and another, "Cradle to Grave in Village India" at the Hudson Guild Gallery in New York.