The big problem at the time, for women, was that they were legally non- existent in the sense that it was difficult for them to claim ownership of property or financial assets which worked against them in the case of a divorce. Another reason that the First wave of Feminism was a good thing for the female gender is because the first wave helped to deal with the cause of Racism because the first wave of Feminists included many female abolitionists and black rights champions, who include Sojourner Truth who was an african american abolitionist and women’s rights activist, she was born into slavery but escaped with her infant daughter to freedom in 1826, after she was able to get to freedom, she devoted her life to the abolitionist cause and helped to recruit black troops for the Union Army. Although Truth began her career as an abolitionist, the reform causes she sponsored were broad and varied, including prison reform, property rights and universal
The big problem at the time, for women, was that they were legally non- existent in the sense that it was difficult for them to claim ownership of property or financial assets which worked against them in the case of a divorce. Another reason that the First wave of Feminism was a good thing for the female gender is because the first wave helped to deal with the cause of Racism because the first wave of Feminists included many female abolitionists and black rights champions, who include Sojourner Truth who was an african american abolitionist and women’s rights activist, she was born into slavery but escaped with her infant daughter to freedom in 1826, after she was able to get to freedom, she devoted her life to the abolitionist cause and helped to recruit black troops for the Union Army. Although Truth began her career as an abolitionist, the reform causes she sponsored were broad and varied, including prison reform, property rights and universal