Mary Burns

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Mary Burns (????-1862) was the British partner of Friedrich Engels,[1] who introduced him and Karl Marx to much of the working class and its struggle in 19th-century Manchester, England.

After meeting in the 1840s, Burns and Engels formed a relationship that lasted until Burns' death in 1862. Although the custom of the day was marriage, the two never married due to political convictions in opposition to marriage.[2]


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