During the 19th century, both women of color and white women in the United States were oppressed by the patriarchal nature of society. However, what privilege were white women afforded that women of color were not?

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White women were afforded the privilege of being able to focus solely on their roles as wives and mothers without the added burden of economic pressure to work outside the home. Women of color, on the other hand, often had to work outside the home in order to support themselves and their families, as they were not protected in traditional gender roles in the same way that white women were.

During the 19th Century, Both Women of Color and White