Huang Hui-ying, who once worked side-by-side with Annette Lu in the women's rights movement, described Lu as follows: "Annette does four things in the time it takes most people to do just one. She doesn't sleep much, she's totally devoted to her work, and she often can't help expecting others to be as selfless as she is.
「一秒鐘當四秒鐘用，從不休假，睡眠也少，全心只有工作，並且常常不自覺地要求別人跟她同等奉獻，這種一廂情願的期待，往往得到失望。」她當年婦運工作的戰友黃慧鶯這樣形容呂秀蓮。