ʃˈɔːn oʊhˈæɡən, ɹˈaɪɾɪŋ ɪnðə ɡˈɑːɹdiən, kˈæɹɪktɚɹˌaɪzᵻz ɹˈɑːbɚtsənz wˈɜːk æz ɹᵻkˈoːɹdɪŋ ˈɔːɹdɪnˌɛɹi wˈɪmɪn ɪn pˈoʊstwɔːɹ bɹˈɪtən, ænd dᵻskɹˈaɪbz hɜːɹ æz ˈeɪ "pɹˈoʊɾoʊfˈɛmɪnˌɪst".
Sean O'Hagan, writing in The Guardian, characterises Robertson's work as recording ordinary women in postwar Britain, and describes her as a "proto-feminist".