Focus on Woman with a Pearl Necklace in a Loge and analyze the Reception.
Cassatt was well praised for her work that was featured in the Avenue de L'Opéra in 1879 during the Fourth Impressionist Exhibition. "Her work stood out in great contrast to the landscapes of Monet, Pissarro, and others, as well as the more precise portraits of Caillebotte and Zandomeneghi."
Although mostly positive reviews were given to Cassatt in regards to her work there were still negative reviews as well. This still did not dissuade Cassatt nor her supporters. 
Cassatt's work was also featured in the Fifth Impressionist Exhibition in 1880, the Sixth Impressionist Exhibition in 1881, and the "Eight and last Impressionist Exhibition in 1886"Cassatt's paintings can be considered a feminist piece. It shows that "'The ages of woman'": infancy, childhood, youth or coming of age, adulthood and maternity, maturity, and old age" are a prevalent theme in each of her pieces. The dresses she uses to dress her models are "the very emblem of femininity which is the real subject of the painting itself".Whether her paintings were empowering others with femininity, re-conceptualizing it, making the viewer the "passive bearer of the ideas of Femininity" or portraying the close bonds that women had between family and friendships, these paintings had a profound impact on the art world.
Monet Pissarro Caillebotte