The struggle of African American domestic workers can be better understood using political theory in the context of political practice. Throughout this article, I intend to use this phenomenon as an example of current feminist political theories, such as gender, class, race, class consciousness, and the division between the public and private spheres , to try to understand the role of feminist and women's policies. their involvement in the changing face of political activism and how the history of African American domestic workers relates to all of these themes. First of all, it is worth exploring how women perceive themselves in the arena of political activity. Examining the role of women in the political arena does not fully depict the political world of working-class women (Morgen, 8). Indeed, there is a gap between the definition of politics and the practice of politics. Politics is most often defined as the electoral political arena, which ultimately depoliticizes politics because "it prevents many citizens from recognizing that their concerns might be represented in a broader political agenda" (Ackelsberg, 298), making them believe that politics is an activity that goes beyond their scope. interests and concerns. Their discontent is reflected in the low number of voters who turn out to vote in each election. Our current political and economic system is designed in a way that working-class women cannot fully trust because it does not serve their best interests. It works with the interests of the powerful and wealthy, or employers of the working class (Morgen, 8). In order to successfully place the practices and struggles of African American domestic workers within the broader context of their political activism, one must b...... middle of paper ...... their employment, their social class and their time. Women who considered domestic work as their career were faced with many contradictions in their lives that they had to make work: "work and family", personal and political, community and professional", they constitute the different spheres in which women must live their lives (Morgen, 13). African American domestic workers lived in a balanced manner between different spheres by keeping the private home of the employer as their public sphere, balancing the gender roles of a working woman and her responsibility within the household, their activism unknown politics and their role as domestic workers within their own black communities. When included in all of these spheres, African American domestic workers are situated in the context of their activism within these spheres. They become concrete examples of political theory in the context of political practice..