The answer is: helping draft the Seneca Falls Declaration of Sentiments.
The declaration of sentiments bring the attention to unfairness that female citizens experienced in 1840s.
At that time, discrimination on women's treatment in work place and political field was being done openly, and the law did nothing to protect them. This declaration lead to the birth of women's suffrage movement, which eventually able to give the women with the rights to vote in 1920s.
These women might be poor and have no other economic alternative.
Answer:
Since the mid-20th century, dramatic change has taken place in gender relations in the United States, as illustrated by women's labor force participation rising from 32% in 1950 to 57% in 2018 and men's falling from 82% to 69% (U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, 2017, 2018b).