Lee Yuen-chen, one of the early leaders of the women's movement, notes that Chen is both intelligent and adept at running grassroots organizations. Lee adds that Chen would be the ideal person to bring the women's movement into the political arena, and notes that Chen's women's cooperatives directly address the havoc that capitalism wreaks on people and the environment.
婦運界元老李元貞說，陳來紅頭腦清楚又有基層組織經營的行動力，很適宜擔任將婦運社會力帶向政治面的重要角色，而她推動的「婦女共同購買」，也直接面對資本主義社會破壞人與自然資源的問題。