Eleanor Marx
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Jenny Julia Eleanor Marx, sometimes called Eleanor Marx-Aveling and known to her family as Tussy, was an English writer, translator, activist, and the youngest daughter of Karl Marx. A key proponent o
Eleanor Marx
Eleanor Marx (middle) with her two sisters - Jenny Longuet, Laura Marx, father Karl Marx (right) and Friedrich Engels
Eleanor Marx, pencil drawing by Grace Black (aka Grace Human) in 1881
Eleanor Marx (middle) with Wilhelm Liebknecht (left) and Edward Aveling (right) photographed in New York during their tour to America in 1886
Jenny von Westphalen
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Johanna Bertha Julie Jenny Edle von Westphalen was a German theatre critic and political activist. She married the philosopher and political economist Karl Marx in 1843.
Eleanor Marx
…and other members of the Marx family. Eleanor Marx was born in London on 16 January 1855, the sixth child and fourth daughter of Karl Marx and his wife Jenny von Westphalen. She was called "Tussy" by her family from a young age. She showed an early interest in politics, even writing to political figures during her childhood…
Jenny Marx 1880
Portrait of a young Jenny von Westphalen, c. 1840s
Jenny Caroline and Jenny Laura Marx in 1858.