Date: Wed, 22 Apr 1998 11:24:48 -0400 From: "Charles Brown" <charlesb-AT-CNCL.ci.detroit.mi.us> Subject: Re: M-FEM: Eleanor Marx This was posted before. If I might comment on a side point: If this message is from the C.J. Arthur who wrote the Editor's Introduction to International/Lawrence edition of The German Ideology, I would like to express my appreciation for it. It is very helpful to me. I have read a couple of times. Charles Brown >>> <owner-marxism-feminism-AT-lists.village.Virginia.EDU> 04/22 10:43 AM >>> [Moderator's Note: Things have been a bit confused around here lately, and I'm not sure I forwarded the following message when it was originally posted. If it is a repetition, my apologies. Carrol Cox is right to regret that the centenary Eleanor Marx's death seems to have been overlooked. The most substantial biography is by Yvonne Kapp, Virago Press, London 1979, reprinting from Lawrence & Wishart 1972. If it is out of print this is a scandal and one or other of these presses should be pushed to republish it. To clear up some details in the post. She was born and always legally remained Eleanor Marx. It is incorrect to refer to her 'marriage to Aveling' since there was no such marriage. Correct, although anachronistic, is the reference lower down to a 'partnership'. This concept was unknown at the time and as far as I recall Eleanor always wished to be legally married to Aveling and in token of her aspiration fequently used the names Eleanor Aveling, Eleanor Marx Aveling, and Eleanor Marx-Aveling, according to Kapp. Chris A
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