 Her work was send to have a moral or educational aspect and had a sense of truth and representation of the real world and subjects they depicted.For example, "The Governess" (1860), "For the Last Time" (1864), and "Half The World Knows Not How the Other Half Lives" (1864) were all three seen as conveying valuable moral lessons.There was also a body of literature and painting focused on middle-class women who had to earn money.