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".
ʃˈɔːn oʊhˈæɡən, ɹˈaɪɾɪŋ ɪnðə ɡˈɑːɹdiən, kˈæɹɪktɚɹˌaɪzᵻz ɹˈɑːbɚtsənz wˈɜːk æz ɹᵻkˈoːɹdɪŋ ˈɔːɹdɪnˌɛɹi wˈɪmɪn ɪn pˈoʊstwɔːɹ bɹˈɪtən, ænd dᵻskɹˈaɪbz hɜːɹ æz ˈeɪ "pɹˈoʊɾoʊfˈɛmɪnˌɪst".