Laura Marx

Laura Marx
Marx in 1860
Born(1845-09-26)26 September 1845
Brussels, Belgium
Died25 November 1911(1911-11-25) (aged 66)
Paris, France
Cause of deathSuicide
Resting placePère Lachaise Cemetery
Spouse
(m. 1868)
Children3; all died in infancy
Parents
RelativesEleanor Marx (sister)
Henry Juta (cousin)
Louise Juta (aunt)
Heinrich Marx (grandfather)
Henriette Pressburg (grandmother)
Anton Philips (second cousin)
Gerard Philips (second cousin)

Jenny Laura Marx (26 September 1845 – 25 November 1911) was a socialist activist. The second daughter of Karl Marx and Jenny von Westphalen, she married revolutionary writer Paul Lafargue in 1868. The two committed suicide together in 1911.[1]

  1. ^ Wheen 1999, p. 286.