 These images provide insights into 19th-century America and a woman's place in it.Besides the images, Clover also left behind a great deal of information about her photography, including meticulous chronological notes she kept while working in her darkroom, listing photographs and commenting on exposures, lighting, etc., and the references in her letters.Her work was widely admired, although her husband apparently would not allow her to become professional and discouraged any publication of her photographs.