You could put up posters, volunteer at animal hospitals, or maybe even research them to know more about their needs.
I believe it would be a soliloquy. A soliloquy is defined as a person speaking to themselves without any regard for someone that may hear it (or oblivious to them).
Answer:
anyone who wasnt a white male
Explanation:
slavery was still present until the emancipation proclamation and even then segregation was present and women couldnt vote until 1920