In 1981, Angela Davis Published “Women, Race, and Class”. The book analyzes the women’s liberation movement through the lens and intersection of racism and classism. Chapter 13, “The Approaching Obsolescence of Housework: A Working-Class Perspective” focuses specifically on the notion of housewives and domestic labor, and how it relates to women’s liberation. A former member of the Communist Party, author Angela Davis, a political activist, philosopher, and now professor, has published many books on feminism, capitalism, racism, and for the abolition of prisons.