That Mayan women would participate in the economic, governmental and farming activities, and cooking food
Technically this is true in the United States, since before westward expansion there were land restrictions on which white men could vote--but since practically all white men in the west owned land this was not the case.
They smuggled slaves into the country and took part in an active domestic slave trade
In the late 19th century, immigrants arrived in large numbers on the U.S coast from China for the primary purpose of working on the Transcontinental Railroad.