Jenny Von Westphalen
Non-Fiction Author
Wife of the socialist philosopher Karl Marx. She published Short Sketch of an Eventful Life (1865-1866) and several other works.
She was born into a prominent Prussian family.
The well-known German poet Heinrich Heine was a friend of her family.
She had seven children with Karl Marx.
Her husband's ideals were adapted by Vladimir Ilyich Lenin as the basis for Russia's Communist government.