Eleanor Marx
Jenny Julia Eleanor Marx (16 January 1855 – 31 March 1898), sometimes called Eleanor Aveling and known to her family as Tussy, was the English-born youngest daughter of Karl Marx. She was herself a socialist activist who sometimes worked as a literary translator. In March 1898, after discovering that her partner Edward Aveling had secretly married the previous year, she poisoned herself at the age of 43.
Eleanor Marx | |
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Eleanor "Tussy" Marx | |
| Born | Jenny Julia Eleanor Marx 16 January 1855 London, England |
| Died | 31 March 1898 (aged 43) London, England |
| Cause of death | Suicide |
| Occupation(s) | Socialist activist, translator |
| Partner | Edward Aveling |
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| Relatives | Laura Marx (sister) Jenny Longuet (sister) Henry Juta (cousin) Louise Juta (aunt) Heinrich Marx (grandfather) Henriette Pressburg (grandmother) Anton Philips (second cousin) Gerard Philips (second cousin) |
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