In her paper on the gender dynamics of climbing in the region, Jenny Ernie-Steighner states that this formative experience shaped Workman's commitment to women's rights, pointing out that "no other well-known international mountaineers of the time, male or female, spoke as openly and fervently about women's rights".
No seu artigo sobre dinámicas de xénero no alpinismo nesta rexión, Jenny Ernie-Steighner afirmou que esta experiencia formativa moldeou o compromiso de Workman cos dereitos das mulleres, indicando que "ningún outro montañeiro de fama internacional da época, home ou muller, falou abertamente e ferventemente sobre os dereitos das mulleres".