Johnson had to maintain dual loyalties for causes that were not overlapping in her time, although the "overwhelmingly White and middle-class woman's movement" shared some issue with First Nations peoples, and some members attempted to make amends and right racist wrongs. Feminist and Aboriginal protests regularly disturbed the decades after Confederation; both groups rallied for the Dominion to make education, economic opportunity, and political equality available to more than white men. Both groups were denigrated by doctors, politicians, churchmen, and anthropologists, yet advocates for each group rarely communicated. Women suffragists were distanced from First Nations people by racism, and acceptance of the privilege they received as whites. They generally refused to accept First Nations peoples as equals. Because of this, Johnson was in a unique position to rally and advocate for both sides, whilst attempting to encourage communication amongst the two. This differentiated her from many activists of her time and is evident in the texts she produced.