Time magazine described her as "the perfect wife and mother–pressing pants, making dresses for daughters Tricia and Julie, doing her own housework even as the Vice President's wife."
《时代》杂志形容她是“完美的妻子和母亲：按压（丈夫的）肩膀，给女儿特里西娅和朱莉做衣服，甚至在身为副总统的夫人时仍自己做家务”。