Helen Macfarlane died #OnThisDay 1860. Described on her gravestone only as ‘the wife of Rev John W Edwards’, she had led a remarkable life as witness to the European revolutions of 1848 and as a friend of Karl Marx and Frederick Engels.
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Helen Macfarlane 1818 - 1860 - chartist ancestors
Helen Macfarlane was the first translator of the Communist Manifesto into English - and was probably the most influential woman in Chartism. This is her life story
